diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-build.yml b/.github/workflows/android-build.yml
index 2b4ee33..37a0bf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-build.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   FLUTTER_VERSION: '3.44.6'
   JAVA_VERSION: '17'
-  ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK: '37'
-  # AGP 9.x uses 36.0.0 as its default build-tools revision; 37.0.0 is not a
-  # required SDK package for compiling against API 37 and may not be present
-  # in the runner's SDK repository yet.
+  ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK: '36'
   ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS: '36.0.0'
   GRADLE_VERSION: '9.1.0'
 
@@ -70,10 +67,6 @@ jobs:
           SDKMANAGER="$(find "$SDKROOT/cmdline-tools" -type f -name sdkmanager -print -quit 2>/dev/null || true)"
           test -x "$SDKMANAGER"
           yes | "$SDKMANAGER" --licenses >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-          # Refresh repository metadata before requesting API 37. The hosted
-          # runner can have an older cached package index even though API 37
-          # is available from the current Android SDK repository.
-          "$SDKMANAGER" --update >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
           "$SDKMANAGER" --list | grep -F "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" >/dev/null
           "$SDKMANAGER" "platform-tools" "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}"
           yes | "$SDKMANAGER" --licenses >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
@@ -177,7 +170,6 @@ jobs:
           SDKMANAGER="$(find "$SDKROOT/cmdline-tools" -type f -name sdkmanager -print -quit 2>/dev/null || true)"
           test -x "$SDKMANAGER"
           yes | "$SDKMANAGER" --licenses >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-          "$SDKMANAGER" --update >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
           "$SDKMANAGER" --list | grep -F "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" >/dev/null
           "$SDKMANAGER" "platform-tools" "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}"
           yes | "$SDKMANAGER" --licenses >/dev/null 2>&1 || true