diff --git a/test/app/build.gradle b/test/app/build.gradle
index a995781b..de5a2a24 100644
--- a/test/app/build.gradle
+++ b/test/app/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
     buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "org.apache.cordova.unittests"
-        minSdkVersion 16
+        minSdkVersion 19
         targetSdkVersion 26
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
diff --git a/test/build.gradle b/test/build.gradle
index 319ac2f3..d708e97c 100644
--- a/test/build.gradle
+++ b/test/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files