diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Helpers.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Helpers.kt
index 5dbd6f10a..85d6e5e56 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Helpers.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Helpers.kt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ fun Project.setupCore() {
             disable += "UseAppTint"
         }
         buildFeatures.buildConfig = true
+        ndkVersion = "27.0.12077973"
     }
     dependencies.add("coreLibraryDesugaring", "com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.1.1")
 }
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index 53fd659d7..2db45c69e 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ android {
     }
 
     externalNativeBuild.ndkBuild.path("src/main/jni/Android.mk")
-    ndkVersion = "27.0.12077973"
 
     sourceSets.getByName("androidTest") {
         assets.setSrcDirs(assets.srcDirs + files("$projectDir/schemas"))