diff --git a/lib/android/app/build.gradle b/lib/android/app/build.gradle
index 5abc5ac36bc..9d9e3689d5f 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ def safeExtGetFallbackLowerBound(prop, fallback) {
     Math.max(safeExtGet(prop,fallback),fallback)
 }
 
-def DEFAULT_COMPILE_SDK_VERSION = 30
+def DEFAULT_COMPILE_SDK_VERSION = 33
 def DEFAULT_MIN_SDK_VERSION = 21
-def DEFAULT_TARGET_SDK_VERSION = 30
+def DEFAULT_TARGET_SDK_VERSION = 33
 def DEFAULT_KOTLIN_VERSION = "1.5.31"
 def DEFAULT_KOTLIN_STDLIB = 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 def kotlinVersion = safeExtGet("RNNKotlinVersion", DEFAULT_KOTLIN_VERSION)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def kotlinStdlib = safeExtGet('RNNKotlinStdlib',DEFAULT_KOTLIN_STDLIB )
 def kotlinCoroutinesCore = safeExtGet('RNNKotlinCoroutinesCore', '1.5.2')
 android {
     compileSdkVersion safeExtGetFallbackLowerBound('compileSdkVersion', DEFAULT_COMPILE_SDK_VERSION)
-
+    buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion safeExtGetFallbackLowerBound('minSdkVersion', DEFAULT_MIN_SDK_VERSION)
         targetSdkVersion safeExtGetFallbackLowerBound('targetSdkVersion', DEFAULT_TARGET_SDK_VERSION)
@@ -167,6 +167,27 @@ List reactNativeVersionComponents(rnPackageJsonFile) {
     return reactNativeVersion.tokenize('-')[0].tokenize('.')
 }
 
+task installBuildToolsAndRenameD8IfNeeded {
+    def buildToolsVersion = android.getBuildToolsVersion()
+    def sdkDir = android.sdkDirectory
+    def buildToolsDir = new File(sdkDir, "/build-tools/" + buildToolsVersion)
+
+    if (!buildToolsDir.exists()) {
+        def command = sdkDir.absolutePath + "/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager build-tools;" + buildToolsVersion
+        command.execute().waitForProcessOutput(System.out, System.err)
+    }
+
+    def d8File = new File(buildToolsDir, "d8")
+    def dxFile = new File(buildToolsDir, "dx")
+    d8File.renameTo(dxFile)
+
+    def buildToolsLibDir = new File(buildToolsDir, "lib")
+    d8File = new File(buildToolsLibDir, "d8.jar")
+    dxFile = new File(buildToolsLibDir, "dx.jar")
+    d8File.renameTo(dxFile)
+}
+build.dependsOn installBuildToolsAndRenameD8IfNeeded
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0"
diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/lib/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 283e26746d1..285e164fd49 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-          package="com.reactnativenavigation">
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    package="com.reactnativenavigation">
 
     <application>
         <activity
diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/NavigationActivity.java b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/NavigationActivity.java
index 121b64e876a..226d3bf64b1 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/NavigationActivity.java
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/NavigationActivity.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.reactnativenavigation.viewcontrollers.modal.ModalStack;
 import com.reactnativenavigation.viewcontrollers.navigator.Navigator;
 
+import androidx.activity.OnBackPressedCallback;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         );
         navigator.bindViews();
         getReactGateway().onActivityCreated(this);
+        setBackPressedCallback();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -103,11 +105,6 @@ protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
         getReactGateway().onActivityResult(this, requestCode, resultCode, data);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void onBackPressed() {
-        getReactGateway().onBackPressed();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean onKeyUp(final int keyCode, final KeyEvent event) {
         return getReactGateway().onKeyUp(this, keyCode) || super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
@@ -152,4 +149,14 @@ protected void addDefaultSplashLayout() {
     public void onCatalystInstanceDestroy() {
         runOnUiThread(() -> navigator.destroyViews());
     }
+
+    private void setBackPressedCallback() {
+        OnBackPressedCallback callback = new OnBackPressedCallback(true) {
+            @Override
+            public void handleOnBackPressed() {
+                getReactGateway().onBackPressed();
+            }
+        };
+        getOnBackPressedDispatcher().addCallback(this, callback);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/TestActivity.java b/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/TestActivity.java
index 55d7bb0485b..8074511d632 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/TestActivity.java
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/TestActivity.java
@@ -15,9 +15,4 @@ public ReactGateway getReactGateway() {
     public void setNavigator(Navigator navigator) {
         this.navigator = navigator;
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onBackPressed() {
-        super.onBackPressed();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/playground/android/build.gradle b/playground/android/build.gradle
index a5f66e1db95..5c208936700 100644
--- a/playground/android/build.gradle
+++ b/playground/android/build.gradle
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ buildscript {
         kotlinVersion = "1.5.31"
         RNNKotlinVersion = kotlinVersion
         detoxKotlinVersion = kotlinVersion
-        compileSdkVersion = 31
-        buildToolsVersion = "30.0.2"
+        compileSdkVersion = 33
+        buildToolsVersion = "31.0.0"
         minSdkVersion = 21
         targetSdkVersion = 31
     }