diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7593542d..4400cbab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This repository contains [Jetpack Compose][jetpack-compose] components for the [
 
 ## Requirements
 
-* Android API level 21+
+* Android API level 24+
 * Kotlin-enabled project
 * Jetpack Compose-enabled project (see [releases](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-maps-compose/releases) for the required version of Jetpack Compose)
 * [Sign up with Google Maps Platform]
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 47416d71..ce862d24 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 [versions]
 # Base
 androidCompileSdk = "37"
-androidMinSdk = "23"
+androidMinSdk = "24"
 androidTargetSdk = "37"
 
-agp = "9.4.1"
+agp = "9.5.0"
 binaryCompatibilityValidator = "0.18.2"
-dependencyAnalysis = "3.19.2"
+dependencyAnalysis = "3.20.1"
 dokka = "2.2.0"
 gradleMavenPublishPlugin = "0.37.0"
 kotlin = "2.4.21"
 kotlinxCoroutines = "1.11.0"
-spotless = "8.10.4"
-versions = "0.66.0"
+spotless = "8.11.0"
+versions = "0.67.0"
 
 # Android
 activitycompose = "1.13.0"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ materialIconsExtendedAndroid = "1.7.8"
 
 # Google Maps Platform
 mapsecrets = "2.0.1"
-mapsutils = "6.0.0"
+mapsutils = "7.0.0"
 
 # Testing
 androidCore = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2e7bb9fd..91c4fc64 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500
diff --git a/maps-app/src/androidTest/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMapViewTests.kt b/maps-app/src/androidTest/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMapViewTests.kt
index d680c70e..7ada063d 100644
--- a/maps-app/src/androidTest/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMapViewTests.kt
+++ b/maps-app/src/androidTest/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMapViewTests.kt
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class GoogleMapViewTests {
             )
         }
         assertThat(capturedOptions?.liteMode).isTrue()
-        assertThat(capturedOptions?.mapColorScheme).isEqualTo(MapColorScheme.LIGHT)
+        assertThat(capturedOptions?.mapColorScheme).isEqualTo(GoogleMapOptions().mapColorScheme)
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class GoogleMapViewTests {
         }
         assertThat(capturedOptions?.liteMode).isTrue()
         assertThat(capturedOptions?.mapType).isEqualTo(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_TERRAIN)
-        assertThat(capturedOptions?.mapColorScheme).isEqualTo(MapColorScheme.LIGHT)
+        assertThat(capturedOptions?.mapColorScheme).isEqualTo(GoogleMapOptions().mapColorScheme)
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class GoogleMapViewTests {
             )
         }
         assertThat(capturedOptions?.liteMode).isTrue()
-        assertThat(capturedOptions?.mapColorScheme).isEqualTo(MapColorScheme.LIGHT)
+        assertThat(capturedOptions?.mapColorScheme).isEqualTo(GoogleMapOptions().mapColorScheme)
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/maps-compose/src/main/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMap.kt b/maps-compose/src/main/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMap.kt
index 552852c1..67fbbe84 100644
--- a/maps-compose/src/main/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMap.kt
+++ b/maps-compose/src/main/java/com/google/maps/android/compose/GoogleMap.kt
@@ -180,12 +180,14 @@ public fun GoogleMap(
             val baseOptions = googleMapOptionsFactory()
             val isLiteMode = baseOptions.liteMode == true
             // If mapColorScheme is passed to GoogleMap() and has not been explicitly set
-            // in googleMapOptionsFactory (where 0 / MapColorScheme.LIGHT is the Java int default),
-            // apply it to GoogleMapOptions so MapView is created with it.
+            // in googleMapOptionsFactory, apply it to GoogleMapOptions so MapView is created
+            // with it. "Not set" means the SDK default: 0 (MapColorScheme.LIGHT) up to
+            // play-services-maps 20.0.0, -1 from 20.1.0 on.
             // Lite mode does not support color schemes, and older Play services throw
             // UnsupportedOperationException for it, so it is never applied there (#1028).
-            val applyColorScheme =
-                mapColorScheme != null && baseOptions.mapColorScheme == 0 && !isLiteMode
+            val applyColorScheme = mapColorScheme != null &&
+                baseOptions.mapColorScheme == GoogleMapOptions().mapColorScheme &&
+                !isLiteMode
             val options = if (applyColorScheme) {
                 baseOptions.mapColorScheme(mapColorScheme.value)
             } else {