diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 78ed9fb..676c3f4 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
       <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
     </config-file>
 
+    <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" target="/manifest/uses-sdk" mode="merge">
+      <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" />
+    </edit-config>
+
     <source-file src="src/android/java/com/janeasystems/cdvnodejsmobile/NodeJS.java" target-dir="src/com/janeasystems/cdvnodejsmobile/" />
 
     <source-file src="src/common/cordova-bridge/cordova-bridge.h" target-dir="src/com/janeasystems/cdvnodejsmobile/jni/" />
diff --git a/src/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/android/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f31c85a..0000000
--- a/src/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-  package="com.janeasystems.cdvnodejsmobile">
-
-    <uses-sdk
-        android:minSdkVersion="21"
-        android:targetSdkVersion="23" />
-
-  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
-  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
-  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
-
-</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/android/build.gradle b/src/android/build.gradle
index dbeaf10..1026e76 100644
--- a/src/android/build.gradle
+++ b/src/android/build.gradle
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 23
-    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
-
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 22
+        minSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 25
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         externalNativeBuild {