diff --git a/android-refimpl-app/build.gradle b/android-refimpl-app/build.gradle
index bc47455f1..b29ddec32 100644
--- a/android-refimpl-app/build.gradle
+++ b/android-refimpl-app/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.7.21"
 
         // used to generate a POM file
-        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:1.5'
+        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:2.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files