diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b769feef1..b88a0e779 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.1'
     }
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 28
+        targetSdkVersion 29
         versionCode 398
         versionName "2.9.0"
         archivesBaseName += "-$versionName"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9ad8d1f7c..993c9a076 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sun Jul 26 11:32:42 CEST 2020
+#Fri Nov 13 11:42:09 CET 2020
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip
diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ffd06ec0f..e89239bc8 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" android:maxSdkVersion="22" />
+    <uses-permission
+        android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"
+        android:maxSdkVersion="22" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
@@ -58,9 +60,10 @@
         android:icon="@mipmap/new_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_configuration"
+        android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
         android:theme="@style/ConversationsTheme"
         tools:replace="android:label"
-        tools:targetApi="o">
+        tools:targetApi="q">
 
         <meta-data
             android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"