diff --git a/examples/tv-app/android/App/build.gradle b/examples/tv-app/android/App/build.gradle
index 79c656c2ab4cc1..42bb88d287a3d1 100644
--- a/examples/tv-app/android/App/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/tv-app/android/App/build.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.9.20'
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2'
-
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@ allprojects {
 
 task clean(type: Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/examples/tv-app/android/App/platform-app/build.gradle b/examples/tv-app/android/App/platform-app/build.gradle
index 5d9b8e32a4a9f1..967d697c488304 100644
--- a/examples/tv-app/android/App/platform-app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/tv-app/android/App/platform-app/build.gradle
@@ -68,4 +68,5 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
     implementation 'com.google.zxing:core:3.3.0'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
+}