diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6f71436d1..6daa81ca6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ buildscript {
     ext.versions = [
             'compileSdk'    : 26,
             'targetSdk'     : 26,
-            'buildTools'    : '26.0.1',
+            'buildTools'    : '26.0.2',
             'butterknife'   : '8.8.1',
-            'glide'         : '4.1.1',
-            'kotlin'        : '1.1.4-3',
+            'glide'         : '4.2.0',
+            'kotlin'        : '1.1.51',
             'retrofit'      : '2.3.0',
-            'supportLibrary': '26.0.2'
+            'supportLibrary': '26.1.0'
     ]
 
     repositories {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta4'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-rc1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${versions.kotlin}"
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e2a688166..410c37e22 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ designer_news_client_secret = <your designer news client secret>
 
 # Product Hunt API
 product_hunt_developer_token = <your product hunt developer token>
+
+# Use Android D8 compiler
+android.enableD8=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 95aa1747c..e445adf47 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 68cfd2472..ab049b75b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-#Wed Aug 09 16:05:00 BST 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
-android.enableD8=true
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.3-rc-1-bin.zip