diff --git a/packages/android-js-engine/AndroidJSEngine/build.gradle b/packages/android-js-engine/AndroidJSEngine/build.gradle
index 759bbbf8..fbbb7492 100644
--- a/packages/android-js-engine/AndroidJSEngine/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/android-js-engine/AndroidJSEngine/build.gradle
@@ -25,13 +25,11 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 
 android {
     namespace 'com.capacitorjs.android_js_engine'
-    compileSdk 33
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion project.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion : 22
-        targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 33
-        versionCode 1
-        versionName "1.0"
+        targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 34
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         consumerProguardFiles "consumer-rules.pro"
 
diff --git a/packages/android-js-engine/build.gradle b/packages/android-js-engine/build.gradle
index 7c8e737b..1ccaefec 100644
--- a/packages/android-js-engine/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/android-js-engine/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 plugins {
-    id 'com.android.application' version '8.0.2' apply false
-    id 'com.android.library' version '8.0.2' apply false
+    id 'com.android.application' version '8.2.1' apply false
+    id 'com.android.library' version '8.2.1' apply false
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android' version '1.9.10' apply false
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle
index 0642d1f4..0a9ff751 100644
--- a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
 
 android {
     namespace "com.capacitorjs.plugins.backgroundrunner"
-    compileSdkVersion project.hasProperty('compileSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion : 33
+    compileSdk project.hasProperty('compileSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion : 34
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion project.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion : 22
-        targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 33
+        targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 34
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
diff --git a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index ccebba77..033e24c4 100644
Binary files a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9b0a13f0..c747538f 100644
--- a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradlew b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradlew
index 79a61d42..fcb6fca1 100755
--- a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradlew
+++ b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/gradlew
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ done
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
-
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
 
@@ -133,10 +130,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
 # Collect all arguments for the java command;
 #   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
 #     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
diff --git a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/src/main/libs/android-js-engine-release.aar b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/src/main/libs/android-js-engine-release.aar
index ce7f3a73..17a96fdd 100644
Binary files a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/src/main/libs/android-js-engine-release.aar and b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/src/main/libs/android-js-engine-release.aar differ