diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index dd9a08ae099..b1b2dd61012 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ group = "com.facebook.react"
 
 dependencies {
   implementation(gradleApi())
-  implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
+  implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.0-beta05")
   implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9")
   implementation("com.google.guava:guava:31.0.1-jre")
   implementation("com.squareup:javapoet:1.13.0")
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 java {
-  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }
 
 tasks.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile> {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
index b6523cdf607..152a7667e4c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ class ReactPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
       configureBuildConfigFields(project)
       configureDevPorts(project)
 
-      project.extensions.getByType(AndroidComponentsExtension::class.java).onVariants { variant ->
-        project.configureReactTasks(variant = variant, config = extension)
+      project.extensions.getByType(AndroidComponentsExtension::class.java).apply {
+        onVariants(selector().all()) { variant ->
+          project.configureReactTasks(variant = variant, config = extension)
+        }
       }
       configureCodegen(project, extension, isLibrary = false)
     }
diff --git a/template/android/build.gradle b/template/android/build.gradle
index 4631930d4a5..baa44e144bb 100644
--- a/template/android/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.0-beta05")
         classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
     }
 }