diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 639d0753ef5c505600862981f1a0919f19a97f83..f87e9ed3bcf1d69885b98b8128e69b3e23bc3023 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -30,5 +30,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
+  implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
+  implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-rc01'
+  implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.2'
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.java
index 2aeec3751124b8cca37bd7ae220cc80cc4d3aa08..6cc0f84f4389840c1c9556abc8dc799d9efab6f1 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.projectseptember.RNGL;
 
-import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.facebook.imagepipeline.core.DefaultExecutorSupplier;
 import com.facebook.imagepipeline.core.ExecutorSupplier;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLImage.java b/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLImage.java
index 6564b417ab9ee2bfc939ff0987f0fc9fef70a6fe..74342783e5e1b01599a05966e79f60cc5fea5406 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLImage.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/projectseptember/RNGL/GLImage.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.Matrix;
 import android.net.Uri;
-import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.facebook.common.references.CloseableReference;
diff --git a/example/android/gradle.properties b/example/android/gradle.properties
index 1fd964e90b1c5ec50e26364318e2c872a9dd6154..e77af9f29cf3bd23670f3fb941e0f14db2397a47 100644
--- a/example/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/example/android/gradle.properties
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.enableJetifier=true
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