diff --git a/examples/reactnative/rn060example/android/build.gradle b/examples/reactnative/rn060example/android/build.gradle
index e7732fe0d7..7fc90d938c 100644
--- a/examples/reactnative/rn060example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/reactnative/rn060example/android/build.gradle
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ buildscript {
         supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
diff --git a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/app/build.gradle
index 544a928c72..35c3a48017 100644
--- a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ android {
             signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
         }
         release {
+            debuggable true
             // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
             // see https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android.
             signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
diff --git a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/build.gradle b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/build.gradle
index ed5a568424..0f42ee9580 100644
--- a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ buildscript {
         targetSdkVersion = 29
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index f3d88b1c2f..7454180f2a 100644
Binary files a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8422670206..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew
index 2fe81a7d95..744e882ed5 100755
--- a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew
+++ b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ case "`uname`" in
   Darwin* )
     darwin=true
     ;;
-  MINGW* )
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
   NONSTOP* )
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ esac
 
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
 if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
     if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; 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
diff --git a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew.bat b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew.bat
index 62bd9b9cce..ac1b06f938 100644
--- a/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/reactnative/rn063example/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,103 +1,89 @@
-@rem
-@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
-@rem
-@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@rem
-@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@rem
-@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-@rem limitations under the License.
-@rem
-
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
-@rem ##########################################################################
-@rem
-@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
-@rem
-@rem ##########################################################################
-
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
-
-set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
-set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
-set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
-
-@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
-for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
-
-@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="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
-
-@rem Find java.exe
-if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
-
-set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
-%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:findJavaFromJavaHome
-set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
-set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
-
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
-:execute
-@rem Setup the command line
-
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-@rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@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="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-after.gradle b/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-after.gradle
index 9f3c48a6af..257dce9303 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-after.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-after.gradle
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ buildscript {
     }
     repositories {
         google()
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
         classpath("com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android-gradle-plugin:5.+")
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
-        jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-before.gradle b/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-before.gradle
index ed5a568424..f2032c1c36 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-before.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-cli/src/lib/__test__/fixtures/root-build-before.gradle
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ buildscript {
     }
     repositories {
         google()
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
-        jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native/android/build.gradle
index a27a18ab00..4687ffd301 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        google()
         mavenCentral()
+        google()
         jcenter()
         maven { // add this to use snapshots
             url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
         }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.3.61"
     }
 }
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         maven { url facebookRepo }
         maven { url bugsnagRepo }
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
+        jcenter()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/react-native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ee69dd68d1..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/packages/react-native/android/gradlew.bat b/packages/react-native/android/gradlew.bat
index aec99730b4..15e1ee37a7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/packages/react-native/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
 @if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
@@ -8,14 +24,14 @@
 @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="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -46,10 +62,9 @@ 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 +75,6 @@ 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/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/build.gradle
index e7732fe0d7..7fc90d938c 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/build.gradle
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ buildscript {
         supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ee69dd68d1..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/build.gradle
index 28f7ec645b..eefc9a5551 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ buildscript {
         targetSdkVersion = 28
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.2")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e0c4de36dd..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_61/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.5-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/android/build.gradle
index 5d5d188b35..45689590af 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ buildscript {
         targetSdkVersion = 28
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.2")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1ba7206f88..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_62/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-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/build.gradle
index ed5a568424..0f42ee9580 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ buildscript {
         targetSdkVersion = 29
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index f3d88b1c2f..5c2d1cf016 100644
Binary files a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8422670206..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/build.gradle
index 4ff87f3b39..9b89da9210 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ buildscript {
         targetSdkVersion = 30
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 2c6137b878..5c2d1cf016 100644
Binary files a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 80cf08e74d..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native-cli/features/fixtures/rn0_63_expo_ejected/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/build.gradle
index 8e4729af41..9f8e52a15a 100644
--- a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/build.gradle
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ buildscript {
         supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index c837a92c1b..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.60/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Thu Sep 26 08:53:52 BST 2019
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-all.zip
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/build.gradle
index 7b25df8ebf..e3a96a3dc1 100644
--- a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/build.gradle
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ buildscript {
         supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index f3d88b1c2f..5c2d1cf016 100644
Binary files a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8422670206..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.63/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/build.gradle b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/build.gradle
index 71ec8cf329..ee2a889ae6 100644
--- a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/build.gradle
+++ b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/build.gradle
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ buildscript {
         ndkVersion = "20.1.5948944"
     }
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1")
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ allprojects {
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e708b1c023..5c2d1cf016 100644
Binary files a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 14e30f7416..4d9ca16491 100644
--- a/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/react-native/features/fixtures/rn0.64-hermes/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists