diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2e111328..1a31fd1b 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.1.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/android/src/main/resources/META-INF/com/powersync/powersync-sqlite-core/verification.properties b/android/src/main/resources/META-INF/com/powersync/powersync-sqlite-core/verification.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c8b024c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/resources/META-INF/com/powersync/powersync-sqlite-core/verification.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#This is the verification token for the com.powersync:powersync-sqlite-core SDK.
+#Mon Oct 12 06:29:50 PDT 2026
+token=KJKM4CG6BZCHLBU7VJ4DWPKJPE