diff --git a/.idea/AndroidProjectSystem.xml b/.idea/AndroidProjectSystem.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d58d49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/AndroidProjectSystem.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="AndroidProjectSystem">
+    <option name="providerId" value="com.android.tools.idea.GradleProjectSystem" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
index b7890c1..61482c6 100644
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ b/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
   <component name="GradleSettings">
     <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
       <GradleProjectSettings>
+        <compositeConfiguration>
+          <compositeBuild compositeDefinitionSource="SCRIPT">
+            <builds>
+              <build path="$PROJECT_DIR$/buildSrc" name="buildSrc">
+                <projects>
+                  <project path="$PROJECT_DIR$/buildSrc" />
+                </projects>
+              </build>
+            </builds>
+          </compositeBuild>
+        </compositeConfiguration>
         <option name="testRunner" value="CHOOSE_PER_TEST" />
         <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
         <option name="gradleJvm" value="#GRADLE_LOCAL_JAVA_HOME" />
@@ -11,6 +22,7 @@
           <set>
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/app" />
+            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/buildSrc" />
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/ui" />
           </set>
         </option>
diff --git a/.idea/kotlinc.xml b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
index 4cb7457..c224ad5 100644
--- a/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
-    <option name="version" value="1.9.25" />
+    <option name="version" value="2.0.21" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eabfcf8..f05df2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 > - 🏠 Internal
 > - 💅 Polish
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* 🐛 Changed THEOplayer to be an `api` dependency in Gradle. ([#76](https://github.com/THEOplayer/android-ui/pull/76))
+
 ## v1.13.0 (2025-09-12)
 
 * 💥 The `minSdk` is now API 23 (Android 6.0 "Marshmallow"), to align with THEOplayer 10.0. ([#74](https://github.com/THEOplayer/android-ui/pull/74))
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index fdc75c1..1ecef39 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ android {
             )
         }
         // Build type that uses the latest android-ui from Maven
-        create("maven") {
+        register("maven") {
             initWith(getByName("debug"))
             matchingFallbacks += listOf("debug")
         }
diff --git a/buildSrc/.gitignore b/buildSrc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42afabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f02acbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+plugins {
+    `kotlin-dsl`
+}
+
+repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal() // so that external plugins can be resolved in dependencies section
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/android-ui.library-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/android-ui.library-conventions.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5069c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/android-ui.library-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+plugins {
+    `maven-publish`
+}
+
+publishing {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = "reposilite"
+            url = uri("https://maven.theoplayer.com/releases")
+            credentials {
+                username = System.getenv("REPOSILITE_USERNAME")
+                password = System.getenv("REPOSILITE_PASSWORD")
+            }
+        }
+        maven {
+            name = "GitHubPackages"
+            url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/THEOplayer/android-ui")
+            credentials {
+                username = System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
+                password = System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 5cbcf20..70571fa 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ androidx-junit = "1.3.0"
 androidx-espresso = "3.7.0"
 androidx-mediarouter = "1.8.1"
 dokka = "2.0.0"
-theoplayer = { prefer="9.2.0", strictly = "[5.0, 11.0)" }
+theoplayer = { prefer="10.0.0", strictly = "[5.0, 11.0)" }
 
 [libraries]
 androidx-ktx = { group = "androidx.core", name = "core-ktx", version.ref = "ktx" }
diff --git a/ui/build.gradle.kts b/ui/build.gradle.kts
index 1d18193..af840ff 100644
--- a/ui/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/ui/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.compose.compiler)
     alias(libs.plugins.dokka)
     alias(libs.plugins.dokka.javadoc)
-    id("maven-publish")
+    id("android-ui.library-conventions")
 }
 
 android {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     buildTypes {
-        getByName("release") {
+        release {
             isMinifyEnabled = false
             proguardFiles(
                 getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ dependencies {
     debugImplementation(libs.androidx.compose.ui.tooling)
     debugImplementation(libs.androidx.compose.ui.testManifest)
 
-    implementation(libs.theoplayer)
+    api(libs.theoplayer)
 
     dokkaPlugin(libs.dokka.plugin)
 }
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ dokka {
 
         externalDocumentationLinks {
             register("com.theoplayer.android.api") {
-                url("https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/v9/api-reference/android/")
-                packageListUrl("https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/v9/api-reference/android/package-list")
+                url("https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/v10/api-reference/android/")
+                packageListUrl("https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/v10/api-reference/android/package-list")
             }
         }
     }
@@ -130,25 +130,6 @@ val dokkaJavadocJar = tasks.register<Jar>("dokkaJavadocJar") {
 }
 
 publishing {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            name = "reposilite"
-            url = uri("https://maven.theoplayer.com/releases")
-            credentials {
-                username = System.getenv("REPOSILITE_USERNAME")
-                password = System.getenv("REPOSILITE_PASSWORD")
-            }
-        }
-        maven {
-            name = "GitHubPackages"
-            url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/THEOplayer/android-ui")
-            credentials {
-                username = System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
-                password = System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     publications {
         register<MavenPublication>("release") {
             groupId = "com.theoplayer.android-ui"