diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d356a39..7e5503c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ios/Index/DataStore
 build/
 .idea
 .gradle
-local.properties
+*.properties
 *.iml
 *.hprof
 
diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 3172475..0605e3f 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: "com.android.application"
 
 import com.android.build.OutputFile
+import java.util.Properties
+import java.io.FileInputStream
 
 /**
  * The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets
@@ -125,6 +127,16 @@ def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);
  */
 def nativeArchitectures = project.getProperties().get("reactNativeDebugArchitectures")
 
+// Create a variable called keystorePropertiesFile, and initialize it to your
+// keystore.properties file, in the rootProject folder.
+def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file("keystore.properties")
+
+// Initialize a new Properties() object called keystoreProperties.
+def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
+
+// Load your keystore.properties file into the keystoreProperties object.
+keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))
+
 android {
     ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
@@ -150,6 +162,10 @@ android {
             keyPassword 'android'
         }
         release {
+            storeFile file('drip-release-key.keystore')
+            keyAlias keystoreProperties['keyAlias']
+            keyPassword keystoreProperties['keyPassword']
+            storePassword keystoreProperties['storePassword']
             if (project.hasProperty('DRIP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
                 storeFile file(DRIP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
                 storePassword DRIP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa9377b..f41f288 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "prop-types": "^15.8.1",
     "react": "17.0.2",
     "react-i18next": "^12.0.0",
-    "react-native": "0.68.3",
+    "react-native": "0.68.5",
     "react-native-calendars": "^1.1287.0",
     "react-native-document-picker": "^8.1.1",
     "react-native-fs": "^2.20.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7c44be2..4a50e2f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6378,7 +6378,7 @@ promise@^7.1.1:
   dependencies:
     asap "~2.0.3"
 
-promise@^8.0.3:
+promise@^8.2.0:
   version "8.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/promise/-/promise-8.3.0.tgz#8cb333d1edeb61ef23869fbb8a4ea0279ab60e0a"
   integrity sha512-rZPNPKTOYVNEEKFaq1HqTgOwZD+4/YHS5ukLzQCypkj+OkYx7iv0mA91lJlpPPZ8vMau3IIGj5Qlwrx+8iiSmg==
@@ -6508,10 +6508,10 @@ react-native-calendars@^1.1287.0:
   optionalDependencies:
     moment "^2.29.4"
 
-react-native-codegen@^0.0.17:
-  version "0.0.17"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-codegen/-/react-native-codegen-0.0.17.tgz#83fb814d94061cbd46667f510d2ddba35ffb50ac"
-  integrity sha512-7GIEUmAemH9uWwB6iYXNNsPoPgH06pxzGRmdBzK98TgFBdYJZ7CBuZFPMe4jmHQTPOkQazKZ/w5O6/71JBixmw==
+react-native-codegen@^0.0.18:
+  version "0.0.18"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-codegen/-/react-native-codegen-0.0.18.tgz#99d6623d65292e8ce3fdb1d133a358caaa2145e7"
+  integrity sha512-XPI9aVsFy3dvgDZvyGWrFnknNiyb22kg5nHgxa0vjWTH9ENLBgVRZt9A64xHZ8BYihH+gl0p/1JNOCIEUzRPBg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/parser" "^7.14.0"
     flow-parser "^0.121.0"
@@ -6601,10 +6601,10 @@ react-native-version@^3.1.0:
     resolve-from "^5.0.0"
     semver "^6.0.0"
 
-react-native@0.68.3:
-  version "0.68.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native/-/react-native-0.68.3.tgz#07ac7374acde9bc5e80f9e473e03d6b730528f1c"
-  integrity sha512-LPgLQ4e96NWCrJPKlXzKfvlg1ddhfUplsEg00/cfBIMFZPJn2inzo9Rym8I/JYjmRORe4GjGY8kOem72hPm0Lw==
+react-native@0.68.5:
+  version "0.68.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native/-/react-native-0.68.5.tgz#8ba7389e00b757c59b6ea23bf38303d52367d155"
+  integrity sha512-t3kiQ/gumFV+0r/NRSIGtYxanjY4da0utFqHgkMcRPJVwXFWC0Fr8YiOeRGYO1dp8EfrSsOjtfWic/inqVYlbQ==
   dependencies:
     "@jest/create-cache-key-function" "^27.0.1"
     "@react-native-community/cli" "^7.0.3"
@@ -6626,9 +6626,9 @@ react-native@0.68.3:
     metro-source-map "0.67.0"
     nullthrows "^1.1.1"
     pretty-format "^26.5.2"
-    promise "^8.0.3"
+    promise "^8.2.0"
     react-devtools-core "^4.23.0"
-    react-native-codegen "^0.0.17"
+    react-native-codegen "^0.0.18"
     react-native-gradle-plugin "^0.0.6"
     react-refresh "^0.4.0"
     react-shallow-renderer "16.14.1"