diff --git a/bin/templates/project/build.gradle b/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
index 0aad300c..0ec49a99 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
+++ b/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     defaultConfig {
-        versionCode cdvVersionCode ?: Integer.parseInt("" + privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("versionCode"))
+        versionCode cdvVersionCode ?: new BigInteger("" + privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("versionCode"))
         applicationId privateHelpers.extractStringFromManifest("package")
 
         if (cdvMinSdkVersion != null) {
diff --git a/framework/cordova.gradle b/framework/cordova.gradle
index 746b63a2..21a01bb5 100644
--- a/framework/cordova.gradle
+++ b/framework/cordova.gradle
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def doExtractIntFromManifest(name) {
     def pattern = Pattern.compile(name + "=\"(\\d+)\"")
     def matcher = pattern.matcher(manifestFile.getText())
     matcher.find()
-    return Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(1))
+    return new BigInteger(matcher.group(1))
 }
 
 def doExtractStringFromManifest(name) {