Android Studio Meerkat 2024.3.1 Patch 2 Forces Downgrade to AGP 8.9.2 it is a Bug or Misconfiguration?

I recently updated to Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Patch 2

the details of it (Build: AI-243.24978.46.2431.13363775, released April 16, 2025), and I’m running into a frustrating issue with Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) compatibility across all my projects.

Before the update, I was using AGP 8.10.0 without any problems in my projects, which was working perfectly with Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Patch 1 (applied March 24, 2025, as confirmed in the idea_updater.log)

This is puzzling because AGP 8.10.0 is a stable release, and I’d expect a newer IDE patch to support it, not force a downgrade to AGP 8.9.2. Rolling back to an older AGP version feels like a step backward, especially since my projects were building fine before the update.

libs.versions.toml file

[versions]
agp = "8.9.2"
kotlin = "2.1.21"
coreKtx = "1.16.0"
junit = "4.13.2"
junitVersion = "1.2.1"
espressoCore = "3.6.1"
lifecycleRuntimeKtx = "2.9.0"
activityCompose = "1.10.1"
composeBom = "2025.05.01"
coil = "2.6.0"

[libraries]
androidx-core-ktx = { group = "androidx.core", name = "core-ktx", version.ref = "coreKtx" }
junit = { group = "junit", name = "junit", version.ref = "junit" }
androidx-junit = { group = "androidx.test.ext", name = "junit", version.ref = "junitVersion" }
androidx-espresso-core = { group = "androidx.test.espresso", name = "espresso-core", version.ref = "espressoCore" }
androidx-lifecycle-runtime-ktx = { group = "androidx.lifecycle", name = "lifecycle-runtime-ktx", version.ref = "lifecycleRuntimeKtx" }
androidx-activity-compose = { group = "androidx.activity", name = "activity-compose", version.ref = "activityCompose" }
androidx-compose-bom = { group = "androidx.compose", name = "compose-bom", version.ref = "composeBom" }
androidx-ui = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui" }
androidx-ui-graphics = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-graphics" }
androidx-ui-tooling = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-tooling" }
androidx-ui-tooling-preview = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-tooling-preview" }
androidx-ui-test-manifest = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-test-manifest" }
androidx-ui-test-junit4 = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-test-junit4" }
androidx-material3 = { group = "androidx.compose.material3", name = "material3" }
coil-compose = { group = "io.coil-kt", name = "coil-compose", version.ref = "coil" }

[plugins]
android-application = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "agp" }
kotlin-android = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android", version.ref = "kotlin" }
kotlin-compose = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose", version.ref = "kotlin" }

I have the same version, but this didn't happen with me, maybe it's a bug or problem with the IDE on your system, However, I updated to version 2024.3.2 and use AGP version 8.10.0, and I suggest that you do that