diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index a6dca2c12..b719e8799 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
     testImplementation "junit:junit:4.12"
     testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:1.10.19"
-    testImplementation "org.robolectric:robolectric:3.6.1"
+    testImplementation "org.robolectric:robolectric:4.2.1"
     testImplementation "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5"
 
     implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java
index 636f1077c..ce9d975a8 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
  * directory.
  */
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
-@Config(constants = BuildConfig.class, sdk = 19)
+@Config(sdk = 19)
 // need sdk 19 because "WITHOUT ROWID" is not supported in robolectric/sqlite4java
 public abstract class TestBase {
     protected static File logFilesDir;