diff --git a/android/capacitor/build.gradle b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
index 3cfad89498..b96b05a52d 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/build.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ android {
         warningsAsErrors true
     }
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
index ee3cd76e5a..3fbe9797f6 100644
--- a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ android {
         abortOnError false
     }
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/android/update.ts b/cli/src/android/update.ts
index 6978ac8cc0..262b66352c 100644
--- a/cli/src/android/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/android/update.ts
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ project(':${getGradlePackageName(
 
 android {
   compileOptions {
-      sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-      targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+      sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+      targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
   }
 }