diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 065176e93a..a342b90161 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,61 +1,33 @@
-
-buildscript {
-    // The Android Gradle plugin is only required when opening the android folder stand-alone.
-    // This avoids unnecessary downloads and potential conflicts when the library is included as a
-    // module dependency in an application project.
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        jcenter()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath rootProject.ext.has('gradleBuildTools') ? rootProject.ext.get('gradleBuildTools') : 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0'
-        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:2.1'
-    }
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
-apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'
-
-def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
-    rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
+plugins {
+    id "com.android.library"
+    id "maven-publish"
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 28)
-    buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '28.0.3')
+    compileSdkVersion 30
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 16)
-        targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 22)
-        versionCode 1
-        versionName "1.0"
+        minSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 30
     }
+
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
     }
 }
 
 repositories {
-    maven {
-        // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
-        // Matches the RN Hello World template
-        // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/1e8f3b11027fe0a7514b4fc97d0798d3c64bc895/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle#L21
-        url "$projectDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
-    }
-    mavenCentral()
-    mavenLocal()
-    google()
-    jcenter()
     if (project == rootProject) {
-        maven {
-            url "https://a8c-libs.s3.amazonaws.com/android/react-native-mirror"
-        }
+        maven { url "https://a8c-libs.s3.amazonaws.com/android/react-native-mirror" }
     } else {
         // When building as a dep, the RN's maven repo is locally in the node_modules folder
         def nodeModulesPath = "${project.buildDir}/../../node_modules/"
         maven { url "${nodeModulesPath}/react-native/android" }
     }
+
+    google()
+    jcenter()
+    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -72,3 +44,15 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0'
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0'
 }
+
+afterEvaluate {
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            release(MavenPublication) {
+                from components.release
+                groupId = 'com.github.wordpress-mobile'
+                artifactId = 'react-native-screens'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 6d64cecc17..e2bb741b64 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
-# Project-wide Gradle settings.
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.configureondemand=true
+org.gradle.caching=true
 
-# IDE (e.g. Android Studio) users:
-# Gradle settings configured through the IDE *will override*
-# any settings specified in this file.
-
-# For more details on how to configure your build environment visit
-# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/build_environment.html
-
-# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
-# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
-# Default value: -Xmx10248m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
-
-# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
-# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
-# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
-# org.gradle.parallel=true
-
-android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index b5166dad4d..1353677005 100644
Binary files a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bdc3b85f93..af7be50b10 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-7.1.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-all.zip
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diff --git a/android/gradlew b/android/gradlew
index 91a7e269e1..cccdd3d517 100755
--- a/android/gradlew
+++ b/android/gradlew
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
@@ -6,20 +6,38 @@
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
 
-warn ( ) {
+warn () {
     echo "$*"
 }
 
-die ( ) {
+die () {
     echo
     echo "$*"
     echo
@@ -30,6 +48,7 @@ die ( ) {
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
+nonstop=false
 case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN* )
     cygwin=true
@@ -40,31 +59,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
   MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
 esac
 
-# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
-if $cygwin ; then
-    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
-fi
-
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >&-
-
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
     MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ fi
 if $cygwin ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
     ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
@@ -154,11 +154,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     esac
 fi
 
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-function splitJvmOpts() {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
 }
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/android/gradlew.bat b/android/gradlew.bat
index 8a0b282aa6..f9553162f1 100644
--- a/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 goto fail
 
 :init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index c8e23f4979..0000000000
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-include 'lib'
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diff --git a/android/settings.gradle.kts b/android/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1f51e370a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    plugins {
+        id("com.android.library") version "4.2.2"
+    }
+    repositories {
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+        google()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jitpack.yml b/jitpack.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ca1c43860..0000000000
--- a/jitpack.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-before_install:
-   - yes | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-27"
-   - yes | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager "build-tools;27.0.3"
-install:
-   - export TMPDIR=`dirname $(mktemp)`
-   - echo "Changing into the android folder of the Screens module"
-   - pushd android && chmod +x gradlew && ./gradlew --stacktrace clean -Pgroup=com.github.wordpress-mobile.react-native-screens -Pversion=$VERSION install && popd  
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