diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt5AndroidSupport.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt5AndroidSupport.cmake
index 4db38f39574..662dd87c1f2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt5AndroidSupport.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt5AndroidSupport.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if (NOT ${PROJECT_NAME}-MultiAbiBuild)
       option(ANDROID_BUILD_ABI_${abi} "Enable the build for Android ${abi}" ${abi_initial_value})
     endif()
   endforeach()
-  option(ANDROID_MIN_SDK_VERSION "Android minimum SDK version" "21")
+  option(ANDROID_MIN_SDK_VERSION "Android minimum SDK version" "23")
   option(ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION "Android target SDK version" "28")
 
   # Make sure to delete the "android-build" directory, which contains all the
diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index ba3c0dad836..46aaa525e2c 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct Options
     // Versioning
     QString versionName;
     QString versionCode;
-    QByteArray minSdkVersion{"21"};
+    QByteArray minSdkVersion{"23"};
     QByteArray targetSdkVersion{"28"};
 
     // lib c++ path