diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2da30f38dac..077ae27d886 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        agp: ['4.1.0', '4.2.0', '7.0.0-beta04']
+        agp: ['4.1.0', '4.2.0', '7.0.0-rc01']
     steps:
       - name: 'Check out repository'
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/build.gradle b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/build.gradle
index bff0387f430..a035b6ff257 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 buildscript {
   ext {
-    agp_version = System.getenv('AGP_VERSION') ?: "7.0.0-beta04"
+    agp_version = System.getenv('AGP_VERSION') ?: "7.0.0-rc01"
   }
   repositories {
     google()
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/AndroidEntryPointTransform.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/AndroidEntryPointTransform.kt
index 9bb5160b623..c9c6708b640 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/AndroidEntryPointTransform.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/AndroidEntryPointTransform.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+@file:Suppress("DEPRECATION") // com.android.build.api.transform is deprecated
+
 package dagger.hilt.android.plugin
 
 import com.android.build.api.transform.DirectoryInput
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt
index 9e34aa03ceb..3b087fe01cc 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import com.android.build.gradle.LibraryExtension
 import com.android.build.gradle.TestExtension
 import com.android.build.gradle.TestedExtension
 import com.android.build.gradle.api.AndroidBasePlugin
-import com.android.build.gradle.api.BaseVariant
-import com.android.build.gradle.api.TestVariant
-import com.android.build.gradle.api.UnitTestVariant
 import dagger.hilt.android.plugin.task.AggregateDepsTask
 import dagger.hilt.android.plugin.task.HiltTransformTestClassesTask
 import dagger.hilt.android.plugin.util.AggregatedPackagesTransform
@@ -124,7 +121,9 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin @Inject constructor(
 
   // Invokes the [block] function for each Android variant that is considered a Hilt root, where
   // dependencies are aggregated and components are generated.
-  private fun BaseExtension.forEachRootVariant(block: (variant: BaseVariant) -> Unit) {
+  private fun BaseExtension.forEachRootVariant(
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION") block: (variant: com.android.build.gradle.api.BaseVariant) -> Unit
+  ) {
     when (this) {
       is AppExtension -> {
         // For an app project we configure the app variant and both androidTest and unitTest
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin @Inject constructor(
     project: Project,
     hiltExtension: HiltExtension,
     androidExtension: BaseExtension,
-    variant: BaseVariant
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION") variant: com.android.build.gradle.api.BaseVariant
   ) {
     if (
       !hiltExtension.enableExperimentalClasspathAggregation || hiltExtension.enableAggregatingTask
@@ -192,7 +191,8 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin @Inject constructor(
       return
     }
 
-    val runtimeConfiguration = if (variant is TestVariant) {
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Older variant API is deprecated
+    val runtimeConfiguration = if (variant is com.android.build.gradle.api.TestVariant) {
       // For Android test variants, the tested runtime classpath is used since the test app has
       // tested dependencies removed.
       variant.testedVariant.runtimeConfiguration
@@ -219,10 +219,11 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin @Inject constructor(
     // debugUnitTest    -> testDebugCompileOnly
     // release          -> releaseCompileOnly
     // releaseUnitTest  -> testReleaseCompileOnly
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Older variant API is deprecated
     val compileOnlyConfigName = when (variant) {
-      is TestVariant ->
+      is com.android.build.gradle.api.TestVariant ->
         "androidTest${variant.name.substringBeforeLast("AndroidTest").capitalize()}CompileOnly"
-      is UnitTestVariant ->
+      is com.android.build.gradle.api.UnitTestVariant ->
         "test${variant.name.substringBeforeLast("UnitTest").capitalize()}CompileOnly"
       else ->
         "${variant.name}CompileOnly"
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin @Inject constructor(
     project: Project,
     hiltExtension: HiltExtension,
     androidExtension: BaseExtension,
-    variant: BaseVariant
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION") variant: com.android.build.gradle.api.BaseVariant
   ) {
     if (!hiltExtension.enableAggregatingTask) {
       // Option is not enabled, don't configure aggregating task.
@@ -295,7 +296,8 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin @Inject constructor(
       "hiltCompileOnly${variant.name.capitalize()}"
     ).apply {
       // The runtime config of the test APK differs from the tested one.
-      if (variant is TestVariant) {
+      @Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Older variant API is deprecated
+      if (variant is com.android.build.gradle.api.TestVariant) {
         extendsFrom(variant.testedVariant.runtimeConfiguration)
       }
       extendsFrom(variant.runtimeConfiguration)
@@ -350,7 +352,11 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin @Inject constructor(
       it.outputDir.set(
         project.file(project.buildDir.resolve("generated/hilt/component_trees/${variant.name}/"))
       )
-      it.testEnvironment.set(variant is TestVariant || variant is UnitTestVariant)
+      @Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Older variant API is deprecated
+      it.testEnvironment.set(
+        variant is com.android.build.gradle.api.TestVariant ||
+          variant is com.android.build.gradle.api.UnitTestVariant
+      )
       it.crossCompilationRootValidationDisabled.set(
         hiltExtension.disableCrossCompilationRootValidation
       )
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/task/HiltTransformTestClassesTask.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/task/HiltTransformTestClassesTask.kt
index 54bbd56cec2..73859455cd3 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/task/HiltTransformTestClassesTask.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/task/HiltTransformTestClassesTask.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package dagger.hilt.android.plugin.task
 
-import com.android.build.gradle.api.UnitTestVariant
 import dagger.hilt.android.plugin.AndroidEntryPointClassTransformer
 import dagger.hilt.android.plugin.HiltExtension
 import dagger.hilt.android.plugin.util.getCompileKotlin
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ abstract class HiltTransformTestClassesTask @Inject constructor(
 
     fun create(
       project: Project,
-      unitTestVariant: UnitTestVariant,
+      @Suppress("DEPRECATION") unitTestVariant: com.android.build.gradle.api.UnitTestVariant,
       extension: HiltExtension
     ) {
       if (!extension.enableTransformForLocalTests) {
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/AndroidGradleCompat.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/AndroidGradleCompat.kt
index 648862ec727..4f7341437ea 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/AndroidGradleCompat.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/AndroidGradleCompat.kt
@@ -45,10 +45,17 @@ sealed class AndroidComponentsExtensionCompat {
   ) : AndroidComponentsExtensionCompat() {
     override fun onAllVariants(block: (ComponentCompat) -> Unit) {
       actual.onVariants { variant ->
+        // Use reflection to get the AndroidTest component out of the variant because a binary
+        // incompatible change was introduced in AGP 7.0-beta05 that changed the return type of the
+        // method.
+        fun ApplicationVariant.getAndroidTest() =
+          this::class.java.getDeclaredMethod("getAndroidTest").invoke(this) as? Component
+        fun LibraryVariant.getAndroidTest() =
+          this::class.java.getDeclaredMethod("getAndroidTest").invoke(this) as? Component
         block.invoke(ComponentCompat.Api70Impl(variant))
         when (variant) {
-          is ApplicationVariant -> variant.androidTest
-          is LibraryVariant -> variant.androidTest
+          is ApplicationVariant -> variant.getAndroidTest()
+          is LibraryVariant -> variant.getAndroidTest()
           else -> null
         }?.let { block.invoke(ComponentCompat.Api70Impl(it)) }
         variant.unitTest?.let { block.invoke(ComponentCompat.Api70Impl(it)) }
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/Tasks.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/Tasks.kt
index 5011b62647d..b46c3d60af2 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/Tasks.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/util/Tasks.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package dagger.hilt.android.plugin.util
 
-import com.android.build.gradle.api.BaseVariant
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
@@ -9,7 +8,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
  * Gets [KotlinCompile] task of an Android variant.
  */
 @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
-internal fun getCompileKotlin(variant: BaseVariant, project: Project) =
-  project.tasks.named(
-    "compile${variant.name.capitalize()}Kotlin"
-  ) as TaskProvider<KotlinCompile>
+internal fun getCompileKotlin(
+  @Suppress("DEPRECATION") variant: com.android.build.gradle.api.BaseVariant,
+  project: Project
+) = project.tasks.named(
+  "compile${variant.name.capitalize()}Kotlin"
+) as TaskProvider<KotlinCompile>
diff --git a/util/run-local-tests.sh b/util/run-local-tests.sh
index 0904fe1009b..e7767dd92b1 100755
--- a/util/run-local-tests.sh
+++ b/util/run-local-tests.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ pushd examples/maven && mvn compile && popd
 util/run-local-gradle-tests.sh
 util/run-local-gradle-android-tests.sh "4.1.0"
 util/run-local-gradle-android-tests.sh "4.2.0"
-util/run-local-gradle-android-tests.sh "7.0.0-beta04"
+util/run-local-gradle-android-tests.sh "7.0.0-rc01"
+