diff --git a/platforms/android/app/build.gradle b/platforms/android/app/build.gradle
index 237272cb6f..9375d06910 100644
--- a/platforms/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/platforms/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ plugins {
 
 android {
     namespace 'com.twilitrealm.dusk'
-    compileSdk 35
+    compileSdk 36
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId 'com.twilitrealm.dusk'
-        minSdk 24
-        targetSdk 35
+        minSdk 26
+        targetSdk 36
         versionCode 1
         versionName '0.1.0'
     }
diff --git a/platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 8111c2ee7c..d09b0d2785 100644
--- a/platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
         android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
+        android:appCategory="game"
         android:icon="@android:drawable/sym_def_app_icon"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"
         android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="false">
 
+        <meta-data android:name="android.game_mode_config"
+            android:resource="@xml/game_mode_config" />
+
         <activity
             android:name="com.twilitrealm.dusk.DuskActivity"
             android:alwaysRetainTaskState="true"
diff --git a/platforms/android/app/src/main/res/xml/game_mode_config.xml b/platforms/android/app/src/main/res/xml/game_mode_config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cf26622d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/android/app/src/main/res/xml/game_mode_config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<game-mode-config
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:supportsBatteryGameMode="true"
+    android:supportsPerformanceGameMode="true"
+    />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platforms/android/build.gradle b/platforms/android/build.gradle
index 5b7ccba7c5..eba031aa1b 100644
--- a/platforms/android/build.gradle
+++ b/platforms/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'com.android.application' version '8.7.3' apply false
+    id 'com.android.application' version '8.13.2' apply false
 }
diff --git a/platforms/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/platforms/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 99fbfa03f6..ec50cfcb6e 100644
--- a/platforms/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/platforms/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Thu Nov 11 18:20:34 PST 2021
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME