diff --git a/mobile/.bazelrc b/mobile/.bazelrc
index e913fbd2edb9..49645cb89efe 100644
--- a/mobile/.bazelrc
+++ b/mobile/.bazelrc
@@ -110,12 +110,15 @@ build:mobile-remote-release-clang --config=remote
 build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android --config=mobile-remote-release-clang
 build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android --fat_apk_cpu=x86_64
 build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android --linkopt=-fuse-ld=lld
+build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android --experimental_google_legacy_api
+build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android --experimental_enable_android_migration_apis
 
 build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android-publish --config=mobile-remote-release-clang
 build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android-publish --config=mobile-release-android
 build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android-publish --fat_apk_cpu=x86,x86_64,armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a
 build:mobile-remote-release-clang-android-publish --linkopt=-fuse-ld=lld
 
+
 # Compile releases optimizing for size (eg -Os, etc).
 build:mobile-release-common --config=sizeopt
 
diff --git a/mobile/WORKSPACE b/mobile/WORKSPACE
index 84ee61649ac2..2058b13ca6f1 100644
--- a/mobile/WORKSPACE
+++ b/mobile/WORKSPACE
@@ -99,3 +99,18 @@ load(
 provisioning_profile_repository(
     name = "local_provisioning_profiles",
 )
+
+load("@build_bazel_rules_android//:prereqs.bzl", "rules_android_prereqs")
+rules_android_prereqs()
+load("@build_bazel_rules_android//:defs.bzl", "rules_android_workspace")
+rules_android_workspace()
+
+load("@build_bazel_rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_sdk_repository")
+android_sdk_repository(
+    name = "androidsdk",
+)
+
+register_toolchains(
+    "@build_bazel_rules_android//toolchains/android:android_default_toolchain",
+    "@build_bazel_rules_android//toolchains/android_sdk:android_sdk_tools",
+)
diff --git a/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl b/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
index fb72ffba41f8..65c1b4a942e3 100644
--- a/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
+++ b/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def kotlin_repos():
 def android_repos():
     http_archive(
         name = "build_bazel_rules_android",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.1.zip"],
-        sha256 = "cd06d15dd8bb59926e4d65f9003bfc20f9da4b2519985c27e190cddc8b7a7806",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.1.1",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.1.zip"],
+        sha256 = "b1ddb2db99e1586799f5a6d4c294c79d91e1887059935e26a29d949d9ec21d6a",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.5.1",
     )