diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b565f3105..21ea702e91 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * Throw `ClientException` if `CronetClient.send` runs out of Java heap while
   allocating memory for the request body.
 * Upgrade `package:jni` and `package:jnigen` to 0.12.0.
+* Use declarative style in Gradle plugins.
 
 ## 1.3.2
 
diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/android/build.gradle b/pkgs/cronet_http/android/build.gradle
index 9f3250978f..ded9b69e7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/android/build.gradle
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 group 'io.flutter.plugins.cronet_http'
 version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
-buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.7.21'
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.0'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-    }
-}
-
 rootProject.allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/android/settings.gradle b/pkgs/cronet_http/android/settings.gradle
index 3a57f65f76..ba71a70180 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
-rootProject.name = 'cronet_http'
+pluginManagement {
+    def flutterSdkPath = {
+        def properties = new Properties()
+        file("local.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
+        def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
+        assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
+        return flutterSdkPath
+    }()
+
+    includeBuild("$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle")
+
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
+
+plugins {
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
+    id "com.android.application" version "8.1.0" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.7.21" apply false
+}
+
+include ":app"
+
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositories {
        google()
diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/app/build.gradle b/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/app/build.gradle
index feddb9ca9f..df39877e6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+plugins {
+    id "com.android.application"
+    id "kotlin-android"
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-gradle-plugin"
+}
+
 def localProperties = new Properties()
 def localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file('local.properties')
 if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
@@ -6,11 +12,6 @@ if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
     }
 }
 
-def flutterRoot = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.sdk')
-if (flutterRoot == null) {
-    throw new GradleException("Flutter SDK not found. Define location with flutter.sdk in the local.properties file.")
-}
-
 def flutterVersionCode = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.versionCode')
 if (flutterVersionCode == null) {
     flutterVersionCode = '1'
@@ -21,10 +22,6 @@ if (flutterVersionName == null) {
     flutterVersionName = '1.0'
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"
-
 android {
     compileSdkVersion flutter.compileSdkVersion
     ndkVersion flutter.ndkVersion
diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/build.gradle b/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/build.gradle
index 6dd9012781..859ca48f18 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,23 +1,3 @@
-buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.7.21'
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.6.0'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-    }
-}
-
-allprojects {
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
-}
-
 rootProject.buildDir = '../build'
 subprojects {
     project.buildDir = "${rootProject.buildDir}/${project.name}"
diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/settings.gradle b/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/settings.gradle
index 44e62bcf06..b18e1a0225 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/example/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
-include ':app'
+pluginManagement {
+    def flutterSdkPath = {
+        def properties = new Properties()
+        file("local.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
+        def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
+        assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
+        return flutterSdkPath
+    }()
 
-def localPropertiesFile = new File(rootProject.projectDir, "local.properties")
-def properties = new Properties()
+    includeBuild("$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle")
 
-assert localPropertiesFile.exists()
-localPropertiesFile.withReader("UTF-8") { reader -> properties.load(reader) }
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
 
-def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
-assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
-apply from: "$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/app_plugin_loader.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
+    id "com.android.application" version "8.6.0" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.7.21" apply false
+}
+
+include ":app"