diff --git a/templates/android/PROJ-gradle/app/build.gradle b/templates/android/PROJ-gradle/app/build.gradle
index 60996f488..ae6f767c5 100644
--- a/templates/android/PROJ-gradle/app/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/android/PROJ-gradle/app/build.gradle
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ dependencies {
 
     ::if NME_FIREBASE::
       // Add the dependency for the Performance Monitoring library
-      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.2.2'
+      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:22.0.1'
 
       ::if NME_FIREBASE_PERFORMANCE::
-         implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:19.0.7'
+         implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:21.0.1'
       ::end::
 
       ::if NME_FIREBASE_CRASHLYTICS::
-         implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-ndk:17.1.0'
+         implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-ndk:19.0.1'
       ::end::
     ::end::
 
diff --git a/templates/android/extension-api/build.gradle b/templates/android/extension-api/build.gradle
index 41997ba1b..ffe116f5f 100644
--- a/templates/android/extension-api/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/android/extension-api/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ android {
 
     compileSdkVersion ::ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION::
     defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion ::ANDROID_MIN_API_LEVEL::
         targetSdkVersion ::ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION::
     }
     buildToolsVersion "34.0.0"
diff --git a/tools/nme/src/project/NMEProject.hx b/tools/nme/src/project/NMEProject.hx
index a790f0e20..c981d1c2b 100644
--- a/tools/nme/src/project/NMEProject.hx
+++ b/tools/nme/src/project/NMEProject.hx
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class AndroidConfig
    public function new()
    {
       installLocation = "preferExternal";
-      minApiLevel = 16;
-      addV4Compat = true;
+      minApiLevel = 21;
+      addV4Compat = false;
       universalApk = false;
       appHeader = [];
       appIntent = [];