diff --git a/.buildkite/android.yml b/.buildkite/android.yml
--- a/.buildkite/android.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/android.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,10 @@
       - 'yarn cleaninstall --frozen-lockfile --skip-optional'
       - 'cd native/android'
       - './gradlew bundleRelease --no-daemon "-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx32g -XX:MaxPermSize=32g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"'
+    plugins:
+      - docker#v3.13.0:
+          image: 'reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:latest'
+          environment:
+            - 'BUILDKITE=true'
     agents:
-      - 'android=true'
+      - 'autoscaling=true'