diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9653f5be2..749954481 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.0'
+        // 2.2.2 is the version that is included in Debian/stretch
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.2'
         classpath files('libs/gradle-witness.jar')
     }
 }
diff --git a/extern/support-v4-preferencefragment/build.gradle b/extern/support-v4-preferencefragment/build.gradle
index 59bd0dc11..e677e406f 100644
--- a/extern/support-v4-preferencefragment/build.gradle
+++ b/extern/support-v4-preferencefragment/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.10.+'
+        // 2.2.2 is the version that is included in Debian/stretch
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.2'
     }
 }