diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 5e03b7e19..5a03179d7 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ android {
     }
 
     defaultConfig {
-        applicationId "chat.rocket.reactnative"
+        applicationId APPLICATIONID as String
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
         versionCode VERSIONCODE as Integer
-        versionName "4.5.1"
+        versionName VERSIONNAME as String
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
         manifestPlaceholders = [BugsnagAPIKey: BugsnagAPIKey as String]
     }
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 2357aa650..e2d5f8393 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048M -XX\:MaxHeapSize\=32g
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
-VERSIONCODE=999999999
+APPLICATIONID=chat.rocket.reactnative
+VERSIONNAME=4.5.1
+VERSIONCODE=1
 BugsnagAPIKey=""