diff --git a/cmake/QtAutoDetectHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtAutoDetectHelpers.cmake
index ad0764b804b..56218883084 100644
--- a/cmake/QtAutoDetectHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtAutoDetectHelpers.cmake
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ function(qt_auto_detect_android)
             # ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL is an just an alias to ANDROID_PLATFORM, check for both
             if(NOT DEFINED ANDROID_PLATFORM AND NOT DEFINED ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL)
                 message(STATUS "Neither ANDROID_PLATFORM nor ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL"
-                    " were specified, using API level 23 as default")
-                set(ANDROID_PLATFORM "android-23" CACHE STRING "")
-                set(ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL 23 CACHE STRING "")
+                    " were specified, using API level 28 as default")
+                set(ANDROID_PLATFORM "android-28" CACHE STRING "")
+                set(ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL 28 CACHE STRING "")
             endif()
             if(NOT DEFINED ANDROID_STL)
                 set(ANDROID_STL "c++_shared" CACHE STRING "")
diff --git a/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake
index f410dc9b2a7..f29b55b3491 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ function(qt_generate_global_device_pri_file)
         file(TO_CMAKE_PATH ${ANDROID_NDK} ANDROID_NDK)
         string(APPEND content "DEFAULT_ANDROID_NDK_ROOT = ${ANDROID_NDK}\n")
 
-        set(android_platform "android-23")
+        set(android_platform "android-28")
         if(ANDROID_PLATFORM)
             set(android_platform "${ANDROID_PLATFORM}")
         elseif(ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL)
diff --git a/cmake/README.md b/cmake/README.md
index 9d0743566d2..0d8179a32c8 100644
--- a/cmake/README.md
+++ b/cmake/README.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ If you don't supply the configuration argument ``-DANDROID_ABI=...``, it will de
   * x86: ``-DANDROID_ABI=x86``
   * x86_64: ``-DANDROID_ABI=x86_64``
 
-By default we set the android API level to 23. Should you need to change this supply the following
+By default we set the android API level to 28. Should you need to change this supply the following
 configuration argument to the above CMake call: ``-DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-${API_LEVEL}``.
 
 ### Cross compiling for iOS
diff --git a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
index bc520659031..6a184f61192 100644
--- a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
+++ b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The following table describes the mapping of configure options to CMake argument
 |                                       |                                                   | assumed.                                                        |
 | -android-sdk <path>                   | -DANDROID_SDK_ROOT=<path>                         |                                                                 |
 | -android-ndk <path>                   | -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<toolchain file in NDK>    |                                                                 |
-| -android-ndk-platform android-23      | -DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-23                     |                                                                 |
+| -android-ndk-platform android-28      | -DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-28                     |                                                                 |
 | -android-abis <abi_1>,...,<abi_n>     | -DANDROID_ABI=<abi_1>                             | only one ABI can be specified                                   |
 | -android-style-assets                 | -DFEATURE_android_style_assets=ON                 |                                                                 |
 | -android-javac-source                 | -DQT_ANDROID_JAVAC_SOURCE=7                       | Set the javac build source version.                             |
diff --git a/doc/global/macros.qdocconf b/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
index d5a5a3264fb..b3260b09852 100644
--- a/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ macro.NdkVer              = "r26b"
 macro.NdkFullVer          = "26.1.10909125"
 macro.NdkCompilerVer      = "Clang 17.0.2"
 macro.JdkVer              = "17"
-macro.AndroidMinApiVer    = "26"
+macro.AndroidMinApiVer    = "28"
 macro.AndroidMaxApiVer    = "34"
-macro.AndroidMinVer       = "8.0"
+macro.AndroidMinVer       = "9"
 macro.AndroidMaxVer       = "14"
 macro.AndroidPlatformVer  = "34"
 macro.AndroidBuildToolsVer = "34.0.0"
diff --git a/src/android/jar/build.gradle b/src/android/jar/build.gradle
index 452d4ad780f..99ad69aeac5 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/build.gradle
+++ b/src/android/jar/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ android {
     namespace "org.qtproject.qt.android"
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 23
+        minSdkVersion 28
     }
 
     sourceSets {
diff --git a/src/network/android/jar/build.gradle b/src/network/android/jar/build.gradle
index 68a9381ad23..86a42bd9c1c 100644
--- a/src/network/android/jar/build.gradle
+++ b/src/network/android/jar/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ android {
     compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 23
+        minSdkVersion 28
     }
 
     sourceSets {
diff --git a/src/plugins/networkinformation/android/jar/build.gradle b/src/plugins/networkinformation/android/jar/build.gradle
index 68a9381ad23..86a42bd9c1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/networkinformation/android/jar/build.gradle
+++ b/src/plugins/networkinformation/android/jar/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ android {
     compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 23
+        minSdkVersion 28
     }
 
     sourceSets {
diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index da5c2c8c775..b5751e9a409 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ struct Options
     // Versioning
     QString versionName;
     QString versionCode;
-    QByteArray minSdkVersion{"23"};
+    QByteArray minSdkVersion{"28"};
     QByteArray targetSdkVersion{"34"};
 
     // lib c++ path
@@ -1849,8 +1849,8 @@ bool updateAndroidManifest(Options &options)
             if (reader.isStartElement()) {
                 if (reader.name() == "uses-sdk"_L1) {
                     if (reader.attributes().hasAttribute("android:minSdkVersion"_L1))
-                        if (reader.attributes().value("android:minSdkVersion"_L1).toInt() < 23) {
-                            fprintf(stderr, "Invalid minSdkVersion version, minSdkVersion must be >= 23\n");
+                        if (reader.attributes().value("android:minSdkVersion"_L1).toInt() < 28) {
+                            fprintf(stderr, "Invalid minSdkVersion version, minSdkVersion must be >= 28\n");
                             return false;
                         }
                 } else if ((reader.name() == "application"_L1 ||