diff --git a/templates/android.js b/templates/android.js
index fa7e4c3..e22b577 100644
--- a/templates/android.js
+++ b/templates/android.js
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
+        // Matches the RN Hello World template
+        // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/1e8f3b11027fe0a7514b4fc97d0798d3c64bc895/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle#L8
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
     }
 }
 
@@ -29,6 +31,12 @@ android {
 }
 
 repositories {
+    maven {
+        // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
+        // Matches the RN Hello World template
+        // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/1e8f3b11027fe0a7514b4fc97d0798d3c64bc895/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle#L21
+        url "$projectDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
+    }
     mavenCentral()
 }