diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/app/build.gradle.template b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/app/build.gradle.template
index d603781238cfa..f208e83ba5aa0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/app/build.gradle.template
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/app/build.gradle.template
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ android {
         <% if (e2eTestRunner === 'detox') { %>
         testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug')  // This will later be used to control the test apk build type
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
+        missingDimensionStrategy 'detox', 'full'
         <% } %>
 
         if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     <% if (e2eTestRunner === 'detox') { %>
-    androidTestImplementation('com.wix:detox:+')
+    androidTestImplementation(project(path: ":detox"))
     <% } %>
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/build.gradle.template b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/build.gradle.template
index 66f622fccdc85..ef33f2c6d8b48 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/build.gradle.template
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/build.gradle.template
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ buildscript {
         minSdkVersion = 21
         compileSdkVersion = 31
         targetSdkVersion = 31
+        <% if (e2eTestRunner === 'detox') { %>
+        kotlinVersion = '1.6.21'
+        <% } %>
 
         if (System.properties['os.arch'] == "aarch64") {
             // For M1 Users we need to use the NDK 24 which added support for aarch64
@@ -25,6 +28,9 @@ buildscript {
         classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.4")
         classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
         classpath("de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:4.1.2")
+        <% if (e2eTestRunner === 'detox') { %>
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
+        <% } %>
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -49,12 +55,5 @@ allprojects {
         }
         google()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
-
-        <% if (e2eTestRunner === 'detox') { %>
-        maven {
-            // All of Detox' artifacts are provided via the npm module
-            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/detox/Detox-android"
-        }
-        <% } %>
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/settings.gradle.template b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/settings.gradle.template
index a507035c15027..e1644ef15c704 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/settings.gradle.template
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/files/app/android/settings.gradle.template
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ rootProject.name = '<%= className %>'
 include ':react-native-config'
 project(':react-native-config').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../../../node_modules/react-native-config/android')
 
+<% if (e2eTestRunner === 'detox') { %>
+include ':detox'
+project(':detox').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/detox/android/detox')
+<% } %>
+
 apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle");
 applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)