diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index bc5d6d4b15a..37c55acca41 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ android {
     testInstrumentationRunnerArguments clearPackageData: 'true'
     javaCompileOptions {
       annotationProcessorOptions {
-        includeCompileClasspath true
       }
     }
     vectorDrawables { useSupportLibrary true }
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ android {
   }
   kotlinOptions {
     jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    useIR = true
     freeCompilerArgs += ["-opt-in=kotlin.RequiresOptIn"]
   }
   buildFeatures {
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ if (project.gradle.startParameter?.taskRequests?.args[0]?.remove("--list-shards"
 dependencies {
   implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
   implementation(
-      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2',
+      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.0',
       "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation:$compose_version",
       "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-layout:$compose_version",
       "androidx.compose.material:material:$compose_version",
@@ -164,41 +162,40 @@ dependencies {
       "androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata:$compose_version",
       "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$compose_version",
       "androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling:$compose_version",
-      'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3',
-      'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.0.2',
-      'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0',
-      'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.0.0',
-      'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.2.0-alpha03',
-      'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment:2.0.0',
-      'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.0.0',
-      'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:2.0.0',
-      'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.0.0',
+      'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4',
+      'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0',
+      'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:2.2.0',
+      'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.6.2',
+      'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.6.2',
+      'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment:2.7.5',
+      'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.7.5',
+      'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:2.7.5',
+      'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.7.5',
       "androidx.fragment:fragment:$fragment_version",
-      'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.2.0-alpha03',
       'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1',
-      'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0',
-      'androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.4.0',
-      'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.11.0',
+      'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.4.0',
+      'androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.8.1',
+      'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.16.0',
       'com.google.android.flexbox:flexbox:3.0.0',
-      'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0',
+      'com.google.android.material:material:1.9.0',
       "com.google.android.material:compose-theme-adapter:$compose_version",
-      'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.41',
-      'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.5.0',
-      'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-ktx:17.5.0',
+      'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.44.2',
+      'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:21.2.0',
+      'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-ktx:21.2.0',
       'com.google.firebase:firebase-appcheck:16.0.0',
       'com.google.firebase:firebase-appcheck-debug:16.0.0',
       'com.google.firebase:firebase-appcheck-playintegrity:16.0.0',
-      'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.5.0',
-      'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics:17.0.0',
-      'com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore-ktx:24.2.1',
-      'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth-ktx:19.3.1',
-      'com.google.guava:guava:28.1-android',
-      'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.17.3',
+      'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:21.2.0',
+      'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics:18.3.1',
+      'com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore-ktx:24.6.1',
+      'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth-ktx:21.1.0',
+      'com.google.guava:guava:32.1.2-jre',
+      'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.23.0',
       'nl.dionsegijn:konfetti:1.2.5',
-      "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version",
-      'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.6.4',
-      'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.6.4',
-      'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.7.22',
+      "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:1.8.20",
+      'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.7.3',
+      'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.7.3',
+      'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.6.0',
       'com.github.oppia:android-spotlight:cc23499d37dc8533a2876e45b5063e981a4583f4'
   )
   compileOnly(
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 11bc8b058d6..7d69ad4ebd5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 
 buildscript {
-  ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.10'
+  ext.kotlin_version = '1.8.22'
   ext.fragment_version = '1.2.0-rc01'
   ext.compose_version = '1.1.1'
   repositories {
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
     gradlePluginPortal()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2'
+    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1'
     classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.17'
     classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3'
diff --git a/data/build.gradle b/data/build.gradle
index 3d93aa36af8..16cb9914e9a 100644
--- a/data/build.gradle
+++ b/data/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ android {
     multiDexEnabled true
     javaCompileOptions {
       annotationProcessorOptions {
-        includeCompileClasspath true
       }
     }
   }
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ android {
 dependencies {
   implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
   implementation(
-      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2',
+      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.0',
       'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.41',
       'com.google.guava:guava:28.1-android',
       'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.17.3',
diff --git a/domain/build.gradle b/domain/build.gradle
index efec77bb8d3..f7161ea6ef3 100644
--- a/domain/build.gradle
+++ b/domain/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ android {
     versionName "1.0"
     javaCompileOptions {
       annotationProcessorOptions {
-        includeCompileClasspath true
       }
     }
   }
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ android.sourceSets.test.kotlin.exclude(filesToExclude)
 dependencies {
   implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
   implementation(
-      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2',
+      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.0',
       'androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface:1.0.0-rc01',
       'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.2.0-alpha03',
       'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.0.0',
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 4f11ea48e89..2c13af19103 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
diff --git a/scripts/assets/maven_dependencies.textproto b/scripts/assets/maven_dependencies.textproto
index b5a03249897..867fe0daff9 100644
--- a/scripts/assets/maven_dependencies.textproto
+++ b/scripts/assets/maven_dependencies.textproto
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ maven_dependency {
   }
 }
 maven_dependency {
-  artifact_name: "androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.3.1"
-  artifact_version: "1.3.1"
+  artifact_name: "androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.6.0"
+  artifact_version: "1.6.0"
   license {
     license_name: "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0"
     original_link: "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
diff --git a/testing/build.gradle b/testing/build.gradle
index ae6d8acae0a..2d71ae854a4 100644
--- a/testing/build.gradle
+++ b/testing/build.gradle
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ dependencies {
   implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
   implementation(
       'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0',
-      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0',
+      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.0',
       'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.2.0-alpha03',
-      'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.0.2',
+      'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.15.0',
       "androidx.test:core:1.0.0",
       'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-accessibility:3.1.0',
       'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0',
diff --git a/third_party/versions.bzl b/third_party/versions.bzl
index 3f35f396a54..ad96edd2844 100644
--- a/third_party/versions.bzl
+++ b/third_party/versions.bzl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ https://github.com/oppia/oppia-android/wiki/Updating-Maven-Dependencies
 MAVEN_PRODUCTION_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS = {
     "androidx.activity:activity-compose": "1.4.0",
     "androidx.annotation:annotation": "1.1.0",
-    "androidx.appcompat:appcompat": "1.3.1",
+    "androidx.appcompat:appcompat": "1.6.0",
     "androidx.compose.compiler:compiler": "1.1.1",
     "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation": "1.1.1",
     "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-layout": "1.1.1",
diff --git a/utility/build.gradle b/utility/build.gradle
index b6949ef736c..2e739c41530 100644
--- a/utility/build.gradle
+++ b/utility/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ android {
     versionName "1.0"
     javaCompileOptions {
       annotationProcessorOptions {
-        includeCompileClasspath true
       }
     }
   }
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ android.sourceSets.test.kotlin.exclude(filesToExclude)
 dependencies {
   implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
   implementation(
-      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2',
+      'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.0',
       'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.2.0-alpha03',
       'androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.4.0',
       'com.github.oppia:androidsvg:5bc9c7553e94c3476e8ea32baea3c77567228fcd',