diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index aee45c25..e8dabb3c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.1'
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.4'
 
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a9ee9ead..d5e662fa 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ org.gradle.parallel=true
 # https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2018/01/kotlin-1-2-20-is-out/
 org.gradle.caching=true
 
+# enable file system watching
+# https://docs.gradle.org/6.7/release-notes.html#file-system-watching
+org.gradle.vfs.watch=true
+
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.debug.obsoleteApi=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bc64230d..3f6d0f43 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.6.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-all.zip