diff --git a/package/android/build.gradle b/package/android/build.gradle
index f5a1c983..8621b03c 100644
--- a/package/android/build.gradle
+++ b/package/android/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ def getExtOrIntegerDefault(name) {
 }
 
 android {
+
+  def agpVersion = com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION.tokenize('.')
+  // Check AGP version for backward compatibility w/react-native versions still on gradle plugin 6
+  def major = agpVersion[0].toInteger()
+  def minor = agpVersion[1].toInteger()
+  if ((major == 7 && minor >= 3) || major >= 8) {
+    namespace "com.reactnativecommunity.slider"
+    buildFeatures {
+      buildConfig true
+    }
+  }
+
   compileSdkVersion getExtOrIntegerDefault('compileSdkVersion')
   buildToolsVersion getExtOrDefault('buildToolsVersion')