diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fa76bcb..d7009c3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
 apply plugin: 'org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint'
 
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.21'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.8.22'
     ext.dokka_version = '1.4.32'
 
     repositories {
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.0'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:2.0.10"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:$dokka_version"
         classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.1.0"
-        classpath "org.jlleitschuh.gradle:ktlint-gradle:10.1.0"
+        classpath "org.jlleitschuh.gradle:ktlint-gradle:12.1.1"
 
     }
 }
diff --git a/example/build.gradle b/example/build.gradle
index 9de1399..5438729 100644
--- a/example/build.gradle
+++ b/example/build.gradle
@@ -41,12 +41,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:2.1.0'
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.2.0'
     implementation 'com.amplitude:android-sdk:2.39.8'
-//    implementation("com.amplitude:experiment-android-client:0.0.4")
     implementation project(path: ':sdk')
     implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.2.2'
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.13.1'
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.2.0'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
 }
diff --git a/example/src/androidTest/java/com/amplitude/exampleapp/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java b/example/src/androidTest/java/com/amplitude/exampleapp/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 33c4d6c..0000000
--- a/example/src/androidTest/java/com/amplitude/exampleapp/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package com.amplitude.exampleapp;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-
-import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry;
-import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-/**
- * Instrumented test, which will execute on an Android device.
- *
- * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
- */
-@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
-public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
-    @Test
-    public void useAppContext() {
-        // Context of the app under test.
-        Context appContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
-        assertEquals("com.amplitude.exampleapp", appContext.getPackageName());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/sdk/build.gradle b/sdk/build.gradle
index e1ad0fd..da0c70d 100644
--- a/sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/sdk/build.gradle
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:1.3.3")
 
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
-    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20201115'
+    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20240303'
     testImplementation project(path: ':sdk')
     testImplementation "io.mockk:mockk:1.12.0"
 }