diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 03bab08b..1635531e 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ repositories {
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 
+def supportsNamespace() {
+  def parsed = com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION.tokenize('.')
+  def major = parsed[0].toInteger()
+  def minor = parsed[1].toInteger()
+
+  // Namespace support was added in 7.3.0
+  if (major == 7 && minor >= 3) {
+    return true
+  }
+
+  return major >= 8
+}
+
 def resolveReactNativeDirectory() {
     def reactNativeLocation = safeExtGet("REACT_NATIVE_NODE_MODULES_DIR", null)
     if (reactNativeLocation != null) {
@@ -80,9 +93,13 @@ if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
 }
 
 android {
-    def agpVersion = com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION
-    if (agpVersion.tokenize('.')[0].toInteger() >= 7) {
+    if (supportsNamespace()) {
         namespace "org.wonday.pdf"
+         sourceSets {
+          main {
+            manifest.srcFile "src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml"
+          }
+        }
     }
     compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 31)
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml b/android/src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a14e6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+
+
+</manifest>