diff --git a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/build.gradle b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/build.gradle
index dc7b2d181cb..4919bec98f6 100644
--- a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/build.gradle
+++ b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ apply plugin: "de.undercouch.download"
 
 
 android {
+    namespace 'org.tensorflow.lite.examples.classification.playservices'
     compileSdkVersion 31
 
     defaultConfig {
diff --git a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
index f0bb9d309f2..44a4aef1634 100644
--- a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    package="org.tensorflow.lite.examples.classification.playservices">
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 </manifest>
diff --git a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index d58428c6028..4b15747cd0c 100644
--- a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    package="org.tensorflow.lite.examples.classification.playservices">
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
     <!-- ImageClassificationHelper class uses android.util.Size(), which is available from SDK 21.
     -->
     <uses-sdk
diff --git a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/build.gradle b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/build.gradle
index 467b81ecfc4..5a8f87787a0 100644
--- a/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/build.gradle
+++ b/lite/examples/image_classification/android_play_services/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.4'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath 'com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:5.11.1'
         classpath 'de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:5.5.0'