diff --git a/.templates/mpp_android_module/{{.module_path.lowercase()}}/src/androidMain/AndroidManifest.xml b/.templates/mpp_android_module/{{.module_path.lowercase()}}/src/androidMain/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ae51a89..0000000
--- a/.templates/mpp_android_module/{{.module_path.lowercase()}}/src/androidMain/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<manifest package="{{.full_module_package}}"/>
diff --git a/.templates/mpp_android_module/{{.module_path.lowercase()}}/src/androidMain/kotlin/PackageInfo.kt b/.templates/mpp_android_module/{{.module_path.lowercase()}}/src/androidMain/kotlin/PackageInfo.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04b059d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.templates/mpp_android_module/{{.module_path.lowercase()}}/src/androidMain/kotlin/PackageInfo.kt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package {{.full_module_package}}
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index b265d11..ff5a3e1 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [versions]
 
-kotlin = "1.9.21"
-kotlin-serialization = "1.6.1"
+kotlin = "1.9.22"
+kotlin-serialization = "1.6.2"
 
 dokka = "1.9.10"
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ junit_version = "4.12"
 test_ext_junit_version = "1.1.5"
 espresso_core = "3.5.1"
 
-android-gradle-plugin = "8.1.4"
+android-gradle-plugin = "8.2.1"
 android-minSdk = "21"
 android-compileSdk = "34"
 android-buildTools = "34.0.0"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e411586..a595206 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/lib/src/androidMain/AndroidManifest.xml b/lib/src/androidMain/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b65eb0..0000000
--- a/lib/src/androidMain/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<manifest/>