diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b0a1ac8f1..b3e751498 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
         maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.0'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3'
         classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.31.2'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 85be9eade..d45519ed4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 # Kotlin code style for this project: "official" or "obsolete":
 kotlin.code.style=official
+
+android.useAndroidX = true