diff --git a/config.xml b/config.xml
index 466e5347620773b6533a6a8afef06ba8d4cbc12b..2f7f578d5a5b3aff9e0a7aff3e2fa9b7ad789681 100644
--- a/config.xml
+++ b/config.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <preference name="KeyboardResizeMode" value="ionic" />
     <preference name="xwalkVersion" value="19" />
     <preference name="xwalkMultipleApk" value="false" />
-    <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="19" />
+    <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="16" />
     <preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="28" />
     <preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="false" />
     <preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#000" />
diff --git a/hooks/after_prepare/060_prepare_android_manifest.js b/hooks/after_prepare/060_prepare_android_manifest.js
index b2c3b7bd1f8e748457574febc5767897bef12bb5..612ce4be71c80247446041c939ba063afdd17605 100755
--- a/hooks/after_prepare/060_prepare_android_manifest.js
+++ b/hooks/after_prepare/060_prepare_android_manifest.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if (rootdir) {
         .pipe(replace(/<uses-sdk [^>]+\/>/g, ''))
 
         // add <uses-sdk> (replace 'targetSdkversion' and add tools:overrideLibrary)
-        .pipe(replace(/(<\/manifest>)/, '    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19" android:targetSdkVersion="28" tools:overrideLibrary="org.kaliumjni.lib" />\n$1'))
+        .pipe(replace(/(<\/manifest>)/, '    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="28" tools:overrideLibrary="org.kaliumjni.lib" />\n$1'))
 
         .pipe(gulp.dest(platformPath));
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39361d922b4e74f90b925de629c197c42bcb5839..2953361fe0e8c4436bd9250f2b03c81006080921 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -215,4 +215,4 @@
   "engines": {
     "yarn": ">= 1.0.0"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}