diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 982f7bc422e900..e545389b806729 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ version =
 group = "com.facebook.react"
 
 val ndkPath by extra(System.getenv("ANDROID_NDK"))
-val ndkVersion by extra(System.getenv("ANDROID_NDK_VERSION") ?: "25.1.8937393")
+val ndkVersion by extra(System.getenv("ANDROID_NDK_VERSION") ?: "26.0.10792818")
 val sonatypeUsername = findProperty("SONATYPE_USERNAME")?.toString()
 val sonatypePassword = findProperty("SONATYPE_PASSWORD")?.toString()
 
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ if (project.findProperty("react.internal.useHermesNightly")?.toString()?.toBoole
       """
       ********************************************************************************
       INFO: You're using Hermes from nightly as you set
-      
+
       react.internal.useHermesNightly=true
-      
+
       in the ./gradle.properties file.
-      
+
       That's fine for local development, but you should not commit this change.
       ********************************************************************************
   """
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index fb50533111f5c5..e11ee2c3e0199a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -525,7 +525,6 @@ android {
                     "-DREACT_BUILD_DIR=$buildDir",
                     "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared",
                     "-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang",
-                    "-DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-21",
                     // Due to https://github.com/android/ndk/issues/1693 we're losing Android
                     // specific compilation flags. This can be removed once we moved to NDK 25/26
                     "-DANDROID_USE_LEGACY_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=ON"
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/libevent/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
index 964111f13cfaf1..4a25147dca21ff 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ add_compile_options(
         -O2
         -Wno-unused-function
         -Wno-unneeded-internal-declaration
+        -Wno-array-parameter # Fixed in 2.2.1 (not yet released)
         -std=c11)
 
 add_library(event
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp
index 563f3c38a96efb..d802f24b3a9d3b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ CommitStatus ShadowTree::commit(
     const CommitOptions& commitOptions) const {
   SystraceSection s("ShadowTree::commit");
 
-  int attempts = 0;
+  [[maybe_unused]] int attempts = 0;
 
   while (true) {
     attempts++;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index e5a8934008ff49..0aee78ce3d93a7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ targetSdk = "34"
 compileSdk = "34"
 buildTools = "34.0.0"
 # Dependencies versions
-agp = "8.1.1"
+agp = "8.2.0-beta06"
 androidx-annotation = "1.6.0"
 androidx-appcompat = "1.6.1"
 androidx-autofill = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native/template/android/build.gradle
index fec62eed5d116b..8012362ce17b77 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/template/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native/template/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         minSdkVersion = 23
         compileSdkVersion = 34
         targetSdkVersion = 34
-        ndkVersion = "25.1.8937393"
+        ndkVersion = "26.0.10792818"
         kotlinVersion = "1.8.0"
     }
     repositories {