diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 692e4a404..c91309874 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ local.properties
 # OS files
 *.DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+*.properties
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 85084cc75..120b5e3e3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'
     }
 }