diff --git a/plugin-nativeprocessor/platforms/android/include.gradle b/plugin-nativeprocessor/platforms/android/include.gradle
index c679f404..f3a4c079 100644
--- a/plugin-nativeprocessor/platforms/android/include.gradle
+++ b/plugin-nativeprocessor/platforms/android/include.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ android {
                 cmake {
                     cppFlags "-frtti -fexceptions"
                     abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', "arm64-v8a", 'x86', 'x86_64'
-                    def cmakeArguments = ["-DANDROID_SUPPORT_FLEXIBLE_PAGE_SIZES=ON", "-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static"]
+                    // c++_shared: the NativeScript napi runtime already ships libc++_shared.so
+                    // for every ABI, so a static STL would only duplicate it (~0.3MB per ABI)
+                    def cmakeArguments = ["-DANDROID_SUPPORT_FLEXIBLE_PAGE_SIZES=ON", "-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"]
                     if (project.hasProperty("withQRCode")) {
                         cmakeArguments << "-DWITH_QRCODE=1"
                     }
diff --git a/plugin-nativeprocessor/src-native/android/nativeprocessor/build.gradle b/plugin-nativeprocessor/src-native/android/nativeprocessor/build.gradle
index 0eb44251..aa62dfea 100755
--- a/plugin-nativeprocessor/src-native/android/nativeprocessor/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-nativeprocessor/src-native/android/nativeprocessor/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ android {
 			cmake {
 				cppFlags "-frtti -fexceptions"
 				abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', "arm64-v8a", 'x86_64'
-				arguments "-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static", "-DWITH_QRCODE=1"
+				arguments "-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DWITH_QRCODE=1"
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ android {
 			proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
 		}
 	}
-	ndkVersion "26.3.11579264"
+	ndkVersion "27.3.13750724"
 	externalNativeBuild {
 		cmake {
 			path "src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt"