diff --git a/backtrace-library/build.gradle b/backtrace-library/build.gradle
index 0fcda8ec..ad380618 100644
--- a/backtrace-library/build.gradle
+++ b/backtrace-library/build.gradle
@@ -19,11 +19,24 @@ if (libVersion == null || libVersion.trim().isEmpty() || libVersion.trim() == 'n
 
 android {
     namespace = "backtraceio.library"
+    compileSdk = 37
+    // AGP 9 turns built-in Kotlin on by default, which adds kotlin-stdlib to the `api`
+    // configuration and publishes it as a compile-scope dependency. This module is pure
+    // Java, so consumers would inherit the stdlib for no reason. Remove only if Kotlin
+    // sources are ever added here.
     enableKotlin = false
-    compileSdk = 36
     defaultConfig {
         minSdk = 21
         ndkVersion = '27.3.13750724'
+
+        // Compile against 37 without forcing consumers onto it. AGP otherwise derives
+        // minCompileSdk from compileSdk, which hard-fails the build of any app still on 36.
+        // Safe while no API-37-only type appears in the public API - the highest gate in the
+        // library is VERSION_CODES.R (30). Raise this only alongside such a dependency.
+        aarMetadata {
+            minCompileSdk = 36
+        }
+
         buildConfigField("String", "VERSION_NAME", "\"${libVersion}\"")
         testInstrumentationRunner = 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
 
@@ -56,7 +69,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     testCoverage {
-        jacocoVersion = "0.8.13"
+        jacocoVersion = "0.8.15"
     }
 
     externalNativeBuild {
@@ -73,12 +86,12 @@ android {
 
     lint {
         abortOnError = true
-        targetSdk = 36
+        targetSdk = 37
         checkReleaseBuilds = true
         baseline = file('lint-baseline.xml')
     }
     testOptions {
-        targetSdk = 36
+        targetSdk = 37
     }
 }
 
@@ -133,17 +146,17 @@ def shadedGsonJar = project(":gson").provider {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.squareup:tape:1.2.3'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.10.0'
     implementation(files(shadedGsonJar))
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.19.0"
+    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.23.0"
     testImplementation 'org.json:json:20250517'
-    testImplementation "com.google.guava:guava:33.4.8-jre"
+    testImplementation "com.google.guava:guava:33.6.0-jre"
     androidTestImplementation 'net.jodah:concurrentunit:0.4.6'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:rules:1.7.0'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.3.0'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.7.0'
-    androidTestImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-android:5.19.0"
+    androidTestImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-android:5.23.0"
 }
 
 afterEvaluate {
diff --git a/backtrace-library/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/backtrace-library/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 192d84d8..9dae10cd 100644
--- a/backtrace-library/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backtrace-library/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ if (CLIENT_SIDE_UNWINDING)
 
     # Bun Libraries
     set(LIBUNWINDSTACK_ENABLED TRUE)
+
+    # libbun's libunwind backend is unused - client-side-unwinding.cpp only ever
+    # requests BUN_BACKEND_LIBUNWINDSTACK. Keep it off explicitly: NDK r29+ ships a
+    # bare LLVM <libunwind.h> that makes libbun auto-enable a backend which then
+    # fails to compile (it needs the ptrace nongnu API no NDK provides).
+    set(LIBUNWIND_ENABLED FALSE)
+
     add_subdirectory(libbun)
 endif ()
 
diff --git a/example-app/build.gradle b/example-app/build.gradle
index f8c26f06..2fdc7fe5 100644
--- a/example-app/build.gradle
+++ b/example-app/build.gradle
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
     namespace = "backtraceio.backtraceio"
-    compileSdk = 36
+    compileSdk = 37
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "backtraceio.backtraceio"
         minSdk = 21
-        targetSdk = 36
+        targetSdk = 37
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "1.0"
         testInstrumentationRunner = 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ String getProperty(String name, String defaultValue) {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.2.1'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.3.0'