diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 184835289..efb5e3b73 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:${safeExtGet('reactNativeVersion', '+')}"
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:${safeExtGet('reactNativeVersion', '+')}"
     //compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:+'
     //{RNFetchBlob_PRE_0.28_DEPDENDENCY}
 }