diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index ac579140..919fbae3 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,29 +1,14 @@
-def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
-    rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
+plugins {
+    id "com.android.library"
+    id "maven-publish"
 }
 
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        jcenter()
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath rootProject.ext.has('gradleBuildTools') ? rootProject.ext.get('gradleBuildTools') : 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.2'
-        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:2.1'
-    }
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
-apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'
-
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 28)
-    buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '28.0.3')
+    compileSdkVersion 30
+
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 16)
-        targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 28)
-        versionCode 1
-        versionName "1.0"
+        minSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 30
     }
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
@@ -31,21 +16,17 @@ android {
 }
 
 repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    maven {
-        // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
-        url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
-    }
-    maven {
-        // Android JSC is installed from npm
-        url "$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist"
+    if (project == rootProject) {
+        maven { url "https://a8c-libs.s3.amazonaws.com/android/react-native-mirror" }
+    } else {
+        // When building as a dep, the RN's maven repo is locally in the node_modules folder
+        def nodeModulesPath = "${project.buildDir}/../../node_modules/"
+        maven { url "${nodeModulesPath}/react-native/android" }
     }
+
     google()
     jcenter()
     mavenCentral()
-    maven {
-        url "https://a8c-libs.s3.amazonaws.com/android/react-native-mirror"
-    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -57,3 +38,15 @@ dependencies {
         api "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
     }
 }
+
+afterEvaluate {
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            release(MavenPublication) {
+                from components.release
+                groupId = 'com.github.wordpress-mobile'
+                artifactId = 'react-native-linear-gradient'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2bb741b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.configureondemand=true
+org.gradle.caching=true
+
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.enableJetifier=true
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 94920145..af7be50b 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle.kts b/android/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1f51e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    plugins {
+        id("com.android.library") version "4.2.2"
+    }
+    repositories {
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+        google()
+    }
+}