diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/scenario-launcher/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/scenario-launcher/android/build.gradle
index 16a0ecf22..e567bab5f 100644
--- a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/scenario-launcher/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/scenario-launcher/android/build.gradle
@@ -2,15 +2,26 @@ def isNewArchitectureEnabled() {
     return project.hasProperty("newArchEnabled") && project.newArchEnabled == "true"
 }
 
+def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
+    rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
+}
+
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    google()
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.8.0")
+  }
+}
+
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
 if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
     apply plugin: 'com.facebook.react'
 }
 
-def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
-    rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
-}
 
 android {
     buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '28.0.3')