diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 04d7dfc..51417e9 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     //implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
     implementation ("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"){
         force true
     }
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
-    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.3'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
 
     // RecyclerView and CardView
     implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "io.reactivex:rxjava:$rxJavaVersion"
 
     // Lifecycle
-    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.0.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.2.0'
 
     //Square dependencies
     implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$retrofitVersionLatest") {
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ab7047d..c197017 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
         android:supportsRtl="true"
         android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
         android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
-        <activity android:name=".ui.HomeActivity">
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ui.HomeActivity"
+            android:exported="true">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7e4d30b..9899987 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.31'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.10'
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
@@ -18,20 +18,21 @@ buildscript {
 ext {
     // Sdk and tools
     minSdkVersion = 15
-    targetSdkVersion = 28
-    compileSdkVersion = 28
+    targetSdkVersion = 31
+    compileSdkVersion = 31
     buildToolsVersion = '28.0.3'
 
     // App dependencies
     supportLibraryVersion = '27.1.1'
     espressoVersion = '2.2.2'
-    retrofitVersionLatest = '2.1.0'
-    okHttp3Version = '3.5.0'
+    retrofitVersionLatest = '2.2.0'
+    okHttp3Version = '3.6.0'
     preference = '1.1.0'
     rxJavaVersion = '1.1.4'
     rxAndroidVersion = '1.1.0'
-
+    okHttp3Version = "3.12.1"
     fineractClientVersion = '2.0.3'
+    preference = '1.2.0'
 }
 
 allprojects {
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index d3fa3d4..a508726 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 29
+    compileSdkVersion 32
     buildToolsVersion "29.0.3"
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 15
-        targetSdkVersion 29
+        targetSdkVersion 32
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
 
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
-    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.1'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
 
 
     //testing dependency
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
         force true
     }
 
-    implementation 'io.reactivex:rxjava:1.1.4'
+    implementation 'io.reactivex:rxjava:1.2.0'
 
     //Square dependencies
     implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$retrofitVersionLatest") {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:$okHttp3Version"
 
     //Shared Preferences
-    implementation "androidx.preference:preference:$preference"
+    implementation "androidx.preference:preference-ktx:$preference"
 
     implementation ("com.github.openMF:fineract-client:$fineractClientVersion")
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index cabb278..90e47d9 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-6.7.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.1-all.zip