diff --git a/firestore.gradle b/firestore.gradle
index df15f6d..3a20208 100644
--- a/firestore.gradle
+++ b/firestore.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
 buildscript {
-	repositories {
-			maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' }
-			mavenLocal()
-      jcenter()
-  }
-  dependencies {
-      classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
-      classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
-  }
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1'
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.10'
+    }
 }
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+      url "https://maven.google.com"
+    }
+}
+dependencies {
+    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:18.0.0"
+    implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1"
+}
+
+cdvPluginPostBuildExtras.add({
+    afterEvaluate {
+        rootProject.subprojects {
+            if (name == "app") {
+                if (!plugins.hasPlugin('com.google.gms.google-services')) {
+                    apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+})
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 42cc3ce..12354d6 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -42,9 +42,14 @@
       </feature>
     </config-file>
 
-    <preference name="ANDROID_FIREBASE_FIRESTORE_VERSION" default="21.3.1"/>
+    <config-file target="config.xml" parent="/*">
+      <preference name="GradlePluginGoogleServicesEnabled" value="true" />
+      <preference name="GradlePluginGoogleServicesVersion" value="4.3.14" />
+    </config-file>
+    
+    <preference name="ANDROID_FIREBASE_FIRESTORE_VERSION" default="22.0.0"/>
     <framework src="com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:$ANDROID_FIREBASE_FIRESTORE_VERSION"/>
-    <framework src="com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.2"/>
+    <framework src="com.google.code.gson:gson:2.9.0"/>
     <framework src="firestore.gradle" custom="true" type="gradleReference"/>
 
     <source-file src="src/android/uk/co/reallysmall/cordova/plugin/firestore/ActionHandler.java" target-dir="src/uk/co/reallysmall/cordova/plugin/firestore"/>
diff --git a/src/android/uk/co/reallysmall/cordova/plugin/firestore/InitialiseHandler.java b/src/android/uk/co/reallysmall/cordova/plugin/firestore/InitialiseHandler.java
index 0c7284b..322fd7e 100644
--- a/src/android/uk/co/reallysmall/cordova/plugin/firestore/InitialiseHandler.java
+++ b/src/android/uk/co/reallysmall/cordova/plugin/firestore/InitialiseHandler.java
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ public boolean handle(final JSONArray args, CallbackContext callbackContext) {
 
             FirebaseFirestoreSettings settings = new FirebaseFirestoreSettings.Builder()
                     .setPersistenceEnabled(persist)
-                    .setTimestampsInSnapshotsEnabled(timestampsInSnapshots)
                     .build();
             firestorePlugin.getDatabase().setFirestoreSettings(settings);