diff --git a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build.gradle b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build.gradle
index 44b0e62d1..0b3ffc5cb 100644
--- a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
 	dependencies {
-		classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0"
+		classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.2"
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 7489225cb..6c659cef7 100644
--- a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.10-bin.zip