diff --git a/platforms/android/android.toolchain.cmake b/platforms/android/android.toolchain.cmake
index 900ca8c91c..e0b4bf8d65 100644
--- a/platforms/android/android.toolchain.cmake
+++ b/platforms/android/android.toolchain.cmake
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ set( ANDROID_SUPPORTED_ABIS_mips "mips" )
 set( ANDROID_SUPPORTED_ABIS_mips64 "mips64" )
 
 # API level defaults
-set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL 8 )
+set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL 9 )
 set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL_arm64 21 )
 set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL_x86 9 )
 set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL_x86_64 21 )
diff --git a/platforms/android/build_sdk.py b/platforms/android/build_sdk.py
index 61c9f7d34f..7d52eab9c0 100755
--- a/platforms/android/build_sdk.py
+++ b/platforms/android/build_sdk.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Builder:
             "-DBUILD_ANDROID_EXAMPLES=ON",
             "-DINSTALL_ANDROID_EXAMPLES=ON",
             "-DANDROID_STL=gnustl_static",
-            "-DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=8",
+            "-DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=9",
             "-DANDROID_ABI='%s'" % abi.cmake_name,
             "-DWITH_TBB=ON",
             "-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_NAME=%s" % abi.toolchain