diff --git a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy
index 8c1723a7bb12926d7183ea4aaa07cda69528e743..2306460c3ce9be9d22d0646325ee3c8ccef1e149 100644
--- a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy
+++ b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RosAndroidPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
   void apply(Project project) {
     project.apply plugin: "ros"
     project.extensions.create("rosandroid", RosAndroidPluginExtension)
-    project.rosandroid.buildToolsVersion = "19.1.0"
+    project.rosandroid.buildToolsVersion = "20"
 
     // Our Maven repo 2rd parties are currently incompatible with Android JUnit.
     project.configurations.maybeCreate("compile")