diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2e91d4e..57079c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ jobs:
           # Optional - x64 or x86 architecture, defaults to x64
           architecture: 'x64'
 
+      - name: Android dependencies
+        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'android' }}
+        uses: nttld/setup-ndk@v1
+        with:
+          ndk-version: r23c
+          link-to-sdk: true
+
       # Setup scons, print python version and scons version info, so if anything is broken it won't run the build.
       - name: Configuring Python packages
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_var.json b/.github/workflows/build_var.json
index e764dda..6e18faa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_var.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_var.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             "os": "ubuntu-20.04",
             "platform": "android",
             "artifact-extension": "so",
-            "flags": "ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME arch=x86_64",
+            "flags": "arch=x86_64",
             "cache-name": "android-x86_64"
         },
         {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             "os": "ubuntu-20.04",
             "platform": "android",
             "artifact-extension": "so",
-            "flags": "ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME arch=arm64",
+            "flags": "arch=arm64",
             "cache-name": "android-arm64"
         },
         {