diff --git a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewTest.kt b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewTest.kt
index f4c283653..2e2a6999d 100644
--- a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewTest.kt
+++ b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewTest.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
 import org.robolectric.Shadows.shadowOf
 import org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowDialog
-import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ import org.wordpress.gutenberg.model.EditorConfiguration
 import org.wordpress.gutenberg.model.EditorDependencies
 
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
-@Config(sdk = [28])
 class GutenbergViewTest {
     @Mock
     private lateinit var mockWebView: WebView
diff --git a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewUploadServerTest.kt b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewUploadServerTest.kt
index a83cfe5f5..293c08778 100644
--- a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewUploadServerTest.kt
+++ b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/GutenbergViewUploadServerTest.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import org.wordpress.gutenberg.model.EditorConfiguration
 import org.wordpress.gutenberg.model.EditorDependencies
 
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
-@Config(sdk = [28], manifest = Config.NONE)
+@Config(manifest = Config.NONE)
 class GutenbergViewUploadServerTest {
 
     private val testScope = TestScope()
diff --git a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/inserter/SvgIconCacheTest.kt b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/inserter/SvgIconCacheTest.kt
index 9f0b56dcc..dc09102cd 100644
--- a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/inserter/SvgIconCacheTest.kt
+++ b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/inserter/SvgIconCacheTest.kt
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
-import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 
 /**
  * Robolectric is required because [parseSvgColor] delegates to [Color.parseColor]
  * for named colours and the resulting ARGB ints are produced via [Color.argb].
  */
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
-@Config(sdk = [28])
 class SvgIconCacheTest {
 
     // -- parseSvgColor ----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/views/EditorErrorViewTest.kt b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/views/EditorErrorViewTest.kt
index 14c9394c9..373636883 100644
--- a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/views/EditorErrorViewTest.kt
+++ b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/java/org/wordpress/gutenberg/views/EditorErrorViewTest.kt
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
-import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 import org.wordpress.gutenberg.R
 
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
-@Config(sdk = [28])
 class EditorErrorViewTest {
 
     @Test
diff --git a/android/Gutenberg/src/test/resources/robolectric.properties b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/resources/robolectric.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2855c2546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/Gutenberg/src/test/resources/robolectric.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Robolectric otherwise defaults to the manifest's targetSdk, which requires a newer JVM than CI runs.
+sdk=35