diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5673fe4..fd932a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = ["android-activity"]
 
 exclude = ["examples"]
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+# https://github.com/rust-mobile/ndk/pull/495
+ndk = { git = "https://github.com/rust-mobile/ndk", rev = "9c63222" }
diff --git a/android-activity/Cargo.toml b/android-activity/Cargo.toml
index 276d1bd..77b9401 100644
--- a/android-activity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/android-activity/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jni = "0.21"
 ndk-sys = "0.6.0"
 ndk = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
 ndk-context = "0.1.1"
-android-properties = "0.2"
 num_enum = "0.7"
 bitflags = "2.0"
 libc = "0.2.139"
diff --git a/android-activity/src/lib.rs b/android-activity/src/lib.rs
index 42c207c..ded7c76 100644
--- a/android-activity/src/lib.rs
+++ b/android-activity/src/lib.rs
@@ -855,15 +855,14 @@ impl AndroidApp {
 
     /// The user-visible SDK version of the framework
     ///
-    /// Also referred to as [`Build.VERSION_CODES`](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES)
+    /// The same value as [`Build.VERSION.SDK_INT`], containing a value from [`Build.VERSION_CODES`].
+    ///
+    /// [`Build.VERSION.SDK_INT`]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION#SDK_INT
+    /// [`Build.VERSION_CODES`]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES
     pub fn sdk_version() -> i32 {
-        let mut prop = android_properties::getprop("ro.build.version.sdk");
-        if let Some(val) = prop.value() {
-            val.parse::<i32>()
-                .expect("Failed to parse ro.build.version.sdk property")
-        } else {
-            panic!("Couldn't read ro.build.version.sdk system property");
-        }
+        // TODO: Replace with ndk::api_level::device_api_level() from https://github.com/rust-mobile/ndk/pull/479?
+        ndk::system_properties::get::<i32>(c"ro.build.version.sdk")
+            .expect("Failed to get or parse `ro.build.version.sdk` property")
     }
 
     /// Path to this application's internal data directory