diff --git a/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index a4076978a1..62d7fa2f16 100644
--- a/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "dev.eden.eden_emulator"
-        minSdk = 24
+        // level 29 (Android 10) is the minimum
+        // to enable non-emutls TLS fetch
+        minSdk = 29
         targetSdk = 36
         versionName = getGitVersion()
         versionCode = autoVersion