diff --git a/backends/gdx-backend-android/src/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/android/DefaultAndroidAudio.java b/backends/gdx-backend-android/src/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/android/DefaultAndroidAudio.java
index 63ae7ad5368..26698daf099 100644
--- a/backends/gdx-backend-android/src/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/android/DefaultAndroidAudio.java
+++ b/backends/gdx-backend-android/src/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/android/DefaultAndroidAudio.java
@@ -48,16 +48,9 @@ public class DefaultAndroidAudio implements AndroidAudio {
 	private final List<AndroidMusic> musics = new ArrayList<AndroidMusic>();
 
 	public DefaultAndroidAudio (Context context, AndroidApplicationConfiguration config) {
-		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
-			AudioAttributes audioAttrib = new AudioAttributes.Builder().setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_GAME)
-				.setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SONIFICATION).build();
-			soundPool = new SoundPool.Builder().setAudioAttributes(audioAttrib).setMaxStreams(config.maxSimultaneousSounds).build();
-		} else {
-			soundPool = new SoundPool(config.maxSimultaneousSounds, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 0);// srcQuality: the sample-rate
-																																// converter quality. Currently
-																																// has no effect. Use 0 for the
-																																// default.
-		}
+		AudioAttributes audioAttrib = new AudioAttributes.Builder().setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_GAME)
+			.setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SONIFICATION).build();
+		soundPool = new SoundPool.Builder().setAudioAttributes(audioAttrib).setMaxStreams(config.maxSimultaneousSounds).build();
 		manager = (AudioManager)context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
 		if (context instanceof Activity) {
 			((Activity)context).setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index aa37766d1a6..61e34f5ec96 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ versions.lwjgl3 = "3.3.4"
 versions.jlayer = "1.0.1-gdx"
 versions.jorbis = "0.0.17"
 versions.junit = "4.13.2"
-versions.androidPlugin = "8.1.2"
-versions.multiDex = "2.0.1"
-versions.androidCompileSdk = 33
-versions.androidTargetSdk = 33
-versions.androidMinSdk = 19
-versions.androidBuildTools = "33.0.2"
-versions.androidFragment = "1.5.7"
+versions.androidPlugin = "8.6.1"
+versions.androidCompileSdk = 35
+versions.androidTargetSdk = 35
+versions.androidMinSdk = 21
+versions.androidBuildTools = "35.0.0"
+versions.androidFragment = "1.8.5"
+versions.kotlinBomTests = "2.0.21"
 versions.javaparser = "2.3.0"
 versions.spotless = "6.7.1"
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c49b..2c3521197d7 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f862f75..df97d72b8b9 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a42690..f5feea6d6b1 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85beec..9b42019c791 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/tests/gdx-tests-android/build.gradle b/tests/gdx-tests-android/build.gradle
index 0359ee08da0..3705ba3bf3e 100644
--- a/tests/gdx-tests-android/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/gdx-tests-android/build.gradle
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation project(":tests:gdx-tests")
 	implementation project(":backends:gdx-backend-android")
 	implementation libraries.compileOnly.android
-	implementation "androidx.multidex:multidex:${versions.multiDex}"
+	// Fix Duplicate class kotlin.collections.jdk8.CollectionsJDK8Kt found in modules kotlin-stdlib-X.X.X.jar
+	implementation(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom:${versions.kotlinBomTests}"))
 }
 
 android {