diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3214c6c975b..26c26e5b64d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
   "description": "React Native Navigation - truly native navigation for iOS and Android",
   "license": "MIT",
   "nativePackage": true,
-  "author": "Daniel Zlotin <zlotindaniel@gmail.com>",
-  "contributors": [
-    "Tal Kol <talkol@gmail.com>",
-    "Guy Carmeli <guyc@wix.com>",
-    "Ran Greenberg <rang@wix.com>",
-    "Artal Druk <artald@wix.com>"
-  ],
   "publishConfig": {
     "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
   },
@@ -67,7 +60,7 @@
     "@types/react-native": "0.57.7",
     "@types/react-test-renderer": "16.x.x",
     "jsc-android": "236355.x.x",
-    "detox": "9.0.6",
+    "detox": "12.1.x",
     "react-native-ui-lib": "3.x.x",
     "handlebars": "4.x.x",
     "jest": "23.x.x",
@@ -120,7 +113,7 @@
   },
   "detox": {
     "test-runner": "jest",
-    "specs": "e2e",
+    "specs": "",
     "configurations": {
       "ios.none": {
         "binaryPath": "playground/ios/DerivedData/playground/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/playground.app",
diff --git a/playground/android/app/build.gradle b/playground/android/app/build.gradle
index 8e7863517f4..0074321140f 100644
--- a/playground/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/playground/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ android {
         }
 
         testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug')  //this will later be used to control the test apk build type
-        missingDimensionStrategy "minReactNative", "minReactNative46"
         missingDimensionStrategy "RNN.reactNativeVersion", "reactNative57_5"
-        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+        testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
     signingConfigs {
         release {
@@ -72,6 +71,4 @@ dependencies {
 
     androidTestImplementation(project(':detox'))
     androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
-    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:rules:1.0.2'
 }
diff --git a/playground/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/reactnativenavigation/playground/DetoxTest.java b/playground/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/reactnativenavigation/playground/DetoxTest.java
index 5af67d14f7d..f7841459c9b 100755
--- a/playground/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/reactnativenavigation/playground/DetoxTest.java
+++ b/playground/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/reactnativenavigation/playground/DetoxTest.java
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package com.reactnativenavigation.playground;
 
-import android.support.test.filters.LargeTest;
-import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
-import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
-
 import com.wix.detox.Detox;
 
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+import androidx.test.filters.LargeTest;
+import androidx.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
+
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 @LargeTest
 public class DetoxTest {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class DetoxTest {
     public ActivityTestRule<MainActivity> mActivityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(MainActivity.class, false, false);
 
     @Test
-    public void runDetoxTests() throws InterruptedException {
+    public void runDetoxTests() {
         Detox.runTests(mActivityRule);
     }
 }
diff --git a/playground/android/build.gradle b/playground/android/build.gradle
index caac2a5a9fe..6c7ad7ba9da 100644
--- a/playground/android/build.gradle
+++ b/playground/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 
 buildscript {
+    ext.kotlinVersion = '1.3.21'
+    ext.detoxKotlinVersion = ext.kotlinVersion
+
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenLocal()
@@ -9,6 +12,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/scripts/test-e2e.js b/scripts/test-e2e.js
index 457a5d6a1dd..088f86d78ce 100644
--- a/scripts/test-e2e.js
+++ b/scripts/test-e2e.js
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ function run() {
     if (!skipBuild) {
         exec.execSync(`detox build --configuration ${configuration}`);
     }
-    exec.execSync(`detox test --configuration ${configuration} --platform ${platform} ${headless$} ${!android ? `-w ${workers}` : ``}`); //-f "ScreenStyle.test.js" --loglevel trace
+    exec.execSync(`detox test --configuration ${configuration} ${headless$} ${!android ? `-w ${workers}` : ``}`); //-f "ScreenStyle.test.js" --loglevel trace
 }