diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 7c9add1a4..e4c8c1fcf 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
       <preference name="BackgroundColor" value="0"/>
 
       <!-- for this plugin -->
-      <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="19"/>
+      <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="21"/>
     </config-file>
 
     <config-file target="res/xml/config.xml" parent="/*">