diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03b6389f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+17.0
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 00a890f21..787d545e6 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace "org.wordpress.aztec.demo"
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
@@ -27,9 +29,13 @@ android {
         androidTest.java.srcDirs += 'src/androidTest/kotlin'
     }
 
-    lintOptions {
+    lint {
         disable 'GradleCompatible'
     }
+
+    buildFeatures {
+        buildConfig true
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ae0682204..5a895aad0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-<manifest
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="org.wordpress.aztec.demo">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 
     <!-- Required for downloading images -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 
     <!-- Required for adding media and requested at runtime -->
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"
+        tools:ignore="PermissionImpliesUnsupportedChromeOsHardware" />
     <!-- Allows for storing and retrieving screenshots, photos, videos and audios -->
     <uses-permission
         android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO" />
 
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
+
     <application
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:allowBackup="true"
diff --git a/aztec/build.gradle b/aztec/build.gradle
index 6960e1093..fbacac837 100644
--- a/aztec/build.gradle
+++ b/aztec/build.gradle
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace "org.wordpress.aztec"
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
-        versionName "1.0"
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
     }
 
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
 
                 groupId "org.wordpress"
                 artifactId "aztec"
-                artifact tasks.named("androidSourcesJar")
                 // version is set by 'publish-to-s3' plugin
             }
         }
diff --git a/aztec/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/aztec/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 924e3eec9..000000000
--- a/aztec/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-
-<manifest package="org.wordpress.aztec"/>
diff --git a/glide-loader/build.gradle b/glide-loader/build.gradle
index 738531c3d..00fe0d4b2 100644
--- a/glide-loader/build.gradle
+++ b/glide-loader/build.gradle
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace "org.wordpress.aztec.glideloader"
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 1
-        versionName "1.0"
-
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
 
                 groupId "org.wordpress.aztec"
                 artifactId "glide-loader"
-                artifact tasks.named("androidSourcesJar")
                 // version is set by 'publish-to-s3' plugin
             }
         }
diff --git a/glide-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/glide-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 54e8a775e..7f7310d93 100644
--- a/glide-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/glide-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-<manifest
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="org.wordpress.aztec.glideloader">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 41d9927a4..033e24c4c 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 92f06b50f..c747538fb 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-all.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1b6c78733..fcb6fca14 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,13 +80,10 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,22 +130,29 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -193,6 +197,10 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
 # Collect all arguments for the java command;
 #   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
 #     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
@@ -205,6 +213,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index ac1b06f93..6689b85be 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +76,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
diff --git a/media-placeholders/build.gradle b/media-placeholders/build.gradle
index 739adb67d..66f820f83 100644
--- a/media-placeholders/build.gradle
+++ b/media-placeholders/build.gradle
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace "org.wordpress.aztec.placeholders"
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
-        versionName "1.0"
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
 
                 groupId "org.wordpress.aztec"
                 artifactId "media-placeholders"
-                artifact tasks.named("androidSourcesJar")
                 // version is set by 'publish-to-s3' plugin
             }
         }
diff --git a/media-placeholders/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/media-placeholders/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ffaea1ac1..7f7310d93 100644
--- a/media-placeholders/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/media-placeholders/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="org.wordpress.aztec.placeholders">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
diff --git a/picasso-loader/build.gradle b/picasso-loader/build.gradle
index 825495227..cd44fa76d 100644
--- a/picasso-loader/build.gradle
+++ b/picasso-loader/build.gradle
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace "org.wordpress.aztec.picassoloader"
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 1
-        versionName "1.0"
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
 
                 groupId "org.wordpress.aztec"
                 artifactId "picasso-loader"
-                artifact tasks.named("androidSourcesJar")
                 // version is set by 'publish-to-s3' plugin
             }
         }
diff --git a/picasso-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/picasso-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 984741b7f..7f7310d93 100644
--- a/picasso-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/picasso-loader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-<manifest
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="org.wordpress.aztec.picassoloader">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 80899eb9f..ed67ef1fb 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pluginManagement {
     gradle.ext.kotlinVersion = '1.6.10'
-    gradle.ext.agpVersion = '7.2.1'
-    gradle.ext.automatticPublishToS3Version = '0.7.0'
+    gradle.ext.agpVersion = '8.1.0'
+    gradle.ext.automatticPublishToS3Version = '0.8.0'
 
     plugins {
         id "com.android.library" version gradle.ext.agpVersion
diff --git a/wordpress-comments/build.gradle b/wordpress-comments/build.gradle
index 87c4161f3..da633530d 100644
--- a/wordpress-comments/build.gradle
+++ b/wordpress-comments/build.gradle
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace "org.wordpress.aztec.plugins.wpcomments"
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
-        versionName "1.0"
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
 
                 groupId "org.wordpress.aztec"
                 artifactId "wordpress-comments"
-                artifact tasks.named("androidSourcesJar")
                 // version is set by 'publish-to-s3' plugin
             }
         }
diff --git a/wordpress-comments/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/wordpress-comments/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 10ccfc11c..000000000
--- a/wordpress-comments/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="org.wordpress.aztec.plugins.wpcomments" />
diff --git a/wordpress-shortcodes/build.gradle b/wordpress-shortcodes/build.gradle
index 84de710e2..672aeb681 100644
--- a/wordpress-shortcodes/build.gradle
+++ b/wordpress-shortcodes/build.gradle
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace "org.wordpress.aztec.plugins.shortcodes"
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
-        versionName "1.0"
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
 
                 groupId "org.wordpress.aztec"
                 artifactId "wordpress-shortcodes"
-                artifact tasks.named("androidSourcesJar")
                 // version is set by 'publish-to-s3' plugin
             }
         }
diff --git a/wordpress-shortcodes/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/wordpress-shortcodes/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fab7c311b..000000000
--- a/wordpress-shortcodes/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="org.wordpress.aztec.plugins.shortcodes" />