diff --git a/ApiDemos/kotlin/build.gradle b/ApiDemos/kotlin/build.gradle
index 4259c3ca0..54dfa12a8 100644
--- a/ApiDemos/kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/ApiDemos/kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.4.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.0'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath "com.google.android.libraries.mapsplatform.secrets-gradle-plugin:secrets-gradle-plugin:2.0.1"