diff --git a/cmake/AndroidToolchain.cmake b/cmake/AndroidToolchain.cmake
index dfbd1218c5e7..516f23f4b014 100644
--- a/cmake/AndroidToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AndroidToolchain.cmake
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ set( ANDROID_SUPPORTED_ABIS_arm "armeabi-v7a;armeabi;armeabi-v7a with NEON;armea
set( ANDROID_SUPPORTED_ABIS_x86 "x86" )
set( ANDROID_SUPPORTED_ABIS_mipsel "mips" )
-set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL 8 )
+set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL 9 )
set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL_x86 9 )
set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL_mips 9 )