diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-bindinglib/.template.config/template.json b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-bindinglib/.template.config/template.json
index ed4f4c3f476..c6e8c6ca8ee 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-bindinglib/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-bindinglib/.template.config/template.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       "description": "Overrides $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) in the project",
       "datatype": "string",
       "replaces": "SUPPORTED_OS_PLATFORM_VERSION",
-      "defaultValue": "21"
+      "defaultValue": "24"
     }
   },
   "defaultName": "AndroidBinding1"
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-wear/.template.config/template.json b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-wear/.template.config/template.json
index d6c79598230..912b864de55 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-wear/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android-wear/.template.config/template.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "description": "Overrides $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) in the project",
       "datatype": "string",
       "replaces": "SUPPORTED_OS_PLATFORM_VERSION",
-      "defaultValue": "23"
+      "defaultValue": "24"
     }
   },
   "defaultName": "AndroidApp1"
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android/.template.config/template.json b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android/.template.config/template.json
index e8cf8ecfdc5..8ec941ba0a1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/android/.template.config/template.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "description": "Overrides $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) in the project",
       "datatype": "string",
       "replaces": "SUPPORTED_OS_PLATFORM_VERSION",
-      "defaultValue": "21"
+      "defaultValue": "24"
     }
   },
   "defaultName": "AndroidApp1"
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/androidlib/.template.config/template.json b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/androidlib/.template.config/template.json
index c1e6a4a499c..517bd32482e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/androidlib/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Templates/androidlib/.template.config/template.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       "description": "Overrides $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) in the project",
       "datatype": "string",
       "replaces": "SUPPORTED_OS_PLATFORM_VERSION",
-      "defaultValue": "21"
+      "defaultValue": "24"
     }
   },
   "defaultName": "AndroidLib1"