diff --git a/buildscript.gradle b/buildscript.gradle
index f2e146aa..21adffaa 100644
--- a/buildscript.gradle
+++ b/buildscript.gradle
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ rootProject.buildscript {
         maven {
             url "https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_mvn_repo/raw/master"
         }
+        google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
diff --git a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy
index 269947e4..73d84a0d 100644
--- a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy
+++ b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RosAndroidPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
   void apply(Project project) {
     project.apply plugin: "ros"
     project.extensions.create("rosandroid", RosAndroidPluginExtension)
-    project.rosandroid.buildToolsVersion = "25.0.2"
+    project.rosandroid.buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
 
     /********************************************************************** 
      * Publishing - not we're using old style here. Upgrade to maven-publish