diff --git a/packaging/android/android-build-wrapper.sh b/packaging/android/android-build-wrapper.sh
index cef2a89fb3..68fca7053a 100755
--- a/packaging/android/android-build-wrapper.sh
+++ b/packaging/android/android-build-wrapper.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ USE_X=$(case $- in *x*) echo "-x" ;; esac)
 
 QT_VERSION=5.10
 LATEST_QT=5.10.1
-NDK_VERSION=r14b
+NDK_VERSION=r16b
 SDK_VERSION=3859397  # if you change this version, you'll likely have to change the android-sdk-license key fallback below
 
 ANDROID_NDK=android-ndk-${NDK_VERSION}
diff --git a/packaging/android/build.sh b/packaging/android/build.sh
index a20e2ad9b9..d79376c644 100755
--- a/packaging/android/build.sh
+++ b/packaging/android/build.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ done
 export ARCH
 
 # Configure where we can find things here
-export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT-$SUBSURFACE_SOURCE/../android-ndk-r14b}
+export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT-$SUBSURFACE_SOURCE/../android-ndk-r16b}
 
 if [ -n "${QT5_ANDROID+X}" ] ; then
 	echo "Using Qt5 in $QT5_ANDROID"