diff --git a/java/build-android.gradle b/java/build-android.gradle
index d5839f9f27869..9c4275b74f626 100644
--- a/java/build-android.gradle
+++ b/java/build-android.gradle
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 android {
-	compileSdkVersion 32
+	compileSdkVersion 34
 
 	defaultConfig {
 		minSdkVersion minSdkVer
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ android {
 	}
 
 	compileOptions {
-		sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-		targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+		sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+		targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 	}
 
 	sourceSets {
diff --git a/java/build.gradle b/java/build.gradle
index 34ac93cce6f4e..845121dd17a48 100644
--- a/java/build.gradle
+++ b/java/build.gradle
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ mavenSettings {
 }
 
 java {
-	sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-	targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+	sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+	targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 // This jar tasks serves as a CMAKE signaling
diff --git a/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 4baf5a11d45a3..381baa9cef1ec 100644
--- a/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=9631d53cf3e74bfa726893aee1f8994fee4e060c401335946dba2156f440f24c
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=544c35d6bd849ae8a5ed0bcea39ba677dc40f49df7d1835561582da2009b961d
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/java/gradlew.bat b/java/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59f135dd..25da30dbdeee9 100644
--- a/java/gradlew.bat
+++ b/java/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/java/src/test/android/app/build.gradle b/java/src/test/android/app/build.gradle
index ecbc4b90612dd..5c6a88792207d 100644
--- a/java/src/test/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/java/src/test/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ def minSdkVer = System.properties.get("minSdkVer")?:24
 def qnnVersion = System.properties['qnnVersion']
 
 android {
-	compileSdkVersion 32
+	compileSdkVersion 34
 
 	defaultConfig {
 		applicationId "ai.onnxruntime.example.javavalidator"
 		minSdkVersion minSdkVer
-		targetSdkVersion 32
+		targetSdkVersion 34
 		versionCode 1
 		versionName "1.0"
 
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ android {
 		}
 	}
 	compileOptions {
-		sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-		targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+		sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+		targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 	}
 	kotlinOptions {
-		jvmTarget = '1.8'
+		jvmTarget = '17'
 	}
 	// Conditional packagingOptions for QNN builds only
 	if (qnnVersion != null)	{
diff --git a/js/react_native/android/build.gradle b/js/react_native/android/build.gradle
index 825990eba0fb8..44fb9dd7c433e 100644
--- a/js/react_native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/js/react_native/android/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
   }
 
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.2'
+    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2'
     // noinspection DifferentKotlinGradleVersion
   }
 }
diff --git a/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties b/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties
index 465b04d1f5813..8fe6e40d76911 100644
--- a/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 # Default value: -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-# org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 #
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
diff --git a/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 62d4c053550b9..249e5832f090a 100644
Binary files a/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 51d930a381f3a..012d6d90445b4 100644
--- a/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/js/react_native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=7faa7198769f872826c8ef4f1450f839ec27f0b4d5d1e51bade63667cbccd205
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8.3-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=cb87f222c5585bd46838ad4db78463a5c5f3d336e5e2b98dc7c0c586527351c2
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/js/react_native/android/gradlew b/js/react_native/android/gradlew
index fbd7c515832da..a69d9cb6c2065 100755
--- a/js/react_native/android/gradlew
+++ b/js/react_native/android/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,67 +17,101 @@
 #
 
 ##############################################################################
-##
-##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
-##
+#
+#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#
+#   Important for running:
+#
+#   (1) You need a POSIX-compliant shell to run this script. If your /bin/sh is
+#       noncompliant, but you have some other compliant shell such as ksh or
+#       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
+#       command line, like:
+#
+#           ksh Gradle
+#
+#       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
+#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
+#         * functions;
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#
+#   Important for patching:
+#
+#   (2) This script targets any POSIX shell, so it avoids extensions provided
+#       by Bash, Ksh, etc; in particular arrays are avoided.
+#
+#       The "traditional" practice of packing multiple parameters into a
+#       space-separated string is a well documented source of bugs and security
+#       problems, so this is (mostly) avoided, by progressively accumulating
+#       options in "$@", and eventually passing that to Java.
+#
+#       Where the inherited environment variables (DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS,
+#       and GRADLE_OPTS) rely on word-splitting, this is performed explicitly;
+#       see the in-line comments for details.
+#
+#       There are tweaks for specific operating systems such as AIX, CygWin,
+#       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
+#
+#   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       within the Gradle project.
+#
+#       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
+#
 ##############################################################################
 
 # Attempt to set APP_HOME
+
 # Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
+app_path=$0
+
+# Need this for daisy-chained symlinks.
+while
+    APP_HOME=${app_path%"${app_path##*/}"}  # leaves a trailing /; empty if no leading path
+    [ -h "$app_path" ]
+do
+    ls=$( ls -ld "$app_path" )
+    link=${ls#*' -> '}
+    case $link in             #(
+      /*)   app_path=$link ;; #(
+      *)    app_path=$APP_HOME$link ;;
+    esac
 done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
-APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
-MAX_FD="maximum"
+MAX_FD=maximum
 
 warn () {
     echo "$*"
-}
+} >&2
 
 die () {
     echo
     echo "$*"
     echo
     exit 1
-}
+} >&2
 
 # OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
 nonstop=false
-case "`uname`" in
-  CYGWIN* )
-    cygwin=true
-    ;;
-  Darwin* )
-    darwin=true
-    ;;
-  MINGW* )
-    msys=true
-    ;;
-  NONSTOP* )
-    nonstop=true
-    ;;
+case "$( uname )" in                #(
+  CYGWIN* )         cygwin=true  ;; #(
+  Darwin* )         darwin=true  ;; #(
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )  msys=true    ;; #(
+  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
@@ -87,9 +121,9 @@ CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
     if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
         # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java
     else
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
     fi
     if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
         die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
@@ -98,7 +132,7 @@ Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
-    JAVACMD="java"
+    JAVACMD=java
     which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
@@ -106,80 +140,101 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
-    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
-            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-        fi
-        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
-        fi
-    else
-        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-    fi
+if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
+    case $MAX_FD in #(
+      max*)
+        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
+            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
+    esac
+    case $MAX_FD in  #(
+      '' | soft) :;; #(
+      *)
+        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
+    esac
 fi
 
-# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
-if $darwin; then
-    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
-fi
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, stacking in reverse order:
+#   * args from the command line
+#   * the main class name
+#   * -classpath
+#   * -D...appname settings
+#   * --module-path (only if needed)
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and GRADLE_OPTS environment variables.
 
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
-    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
-    
-    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
-
-    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
-    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
-    SEP=""
-    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
-        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
-        SEP="|"
-    done
-    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
-    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
-    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
-        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
-    fi
+if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
+    APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
+    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
+
+    JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
+
     # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
-    i=0
-    for arg in "$@" ; do
-        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
-        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
-
-        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
-            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
-        else
-            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+    for arg do
+        if
+            case $arg in                                #(
+              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
+              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
+                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
+              *)    false ;;
+            esac
+        then
+            arg=$( cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg" )
         fi
-        i=`expr $i + 1`
+        # Roll the args list around exactly as many times as the number of
+        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
+        # possibly modified.
+        #
+        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
+        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
+        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
+        shift                   # remove old arg
+        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
     done
-    case $i in
-        0) set -- ;;
-        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
-    esac
 fi
 
-# Escape application args
-save () {
-    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
-    echo " "
-}
-APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
+# Collect all arguments for the java command;
+#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
+#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
+#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
+#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+set -- \
+        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
+        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        "$@"
+
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
+# Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
+#
+# With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
+#
+# In Bash we could simply go:
+#
+#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
+#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
+#
+# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
+# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
+# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse
+# that process (while maintaining the separation between arguments), and wrap
+# the whole thing up as a single "set" statement.
+#
+# This will of course break if any of these variables contains a newline or
+# an unmatched quote.
+#
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+eval "set -- $(
+        printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS" |
+        xargs -n1 |
+        sed ' s~[^-[:alnum:]+,./:=@_]~\\&~g; ' |
+        tr '\n' ' '
+    )" '"$@"'
 
 exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/js/react_native/android/gradlew.bat b/js/react_native/android/gradlew.bat
index 5093609d512a9..f127cfd49d402 100644
--- a/js/react_native/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/js/react_native/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -64,21 +64,6 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 
 goto fail
 
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
@@ -86,17 +71,19 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py b/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py
index 19f66245a45e2..1b34b3d302e57 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
 # Onnx Runtime native library is built against NDK API 21 by default
 # It is possible to build from source for Android API levels below 21, but it is not guaranteed
-DEFAULT_ANDROID_MIN_SDK_VER = 21
+DEFAULT_ANDROID_MIN_SDK_VER = 24
 
 # Android API 24 is the default target API version for Android builds, based on Microsoft 1CS requirements
 # It is possible to build from source using API level 21 and higher as the target SDK version
-DEFAULT_ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VER = 24
+DEFAULT_ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VER = 34
 
 
 def _parse_build_settings(args):
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/android/default_full_aar_build_settings.json b/tools/ci_build/github/android/default_full_aar_build_settings.json
index b0eff75812673..1c7769c623d41 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/android/default_full_aar_build_settings.json
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/android/default_full_aar_build_settings.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
         "x86",
         "x86_64"
     ],
-    "android_min_sdk_version": 21,
-    "android_target_sdk_version": 24,
+    "android_min_sdk_version": 24,
+    "android_target_sdk_version": 34,
     "build_params": [
         "--enable_lto",
         "--android",
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml
index d8ea1c35c89c4..29c5f6bb34d7a 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/react-native-ci.yml
@@ -261,8 +261,6 @@ stages:
             publishJUnitResults: true
             testResultsFiles: '**/TEST-*.xml'
             testRunTitle: 'React Native Android Instrumented Test results'
-            javaHomeOption: 'path'
-            jdkDirectory: '$(JAVA_HOME_11_X64)'
             sonarQubeRunAnalysis: false
             spotBugsAnalysis: false
           displayName: Run React Native Android Instrumented Tests