diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4aa5061f3..494838630 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- We removed leftover Detox references from the Android build files. This fixes an issue where generating Android APKs would fail due to Detox dependencies not being found.
+
+## [17.0.2] - 2026-01-12
+
 - We updated mendix-native to v0.3.1, enabling session cookie persistence and restoration on iOS.
 
 ## [17.0.1] - 2025-12-24
diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index cf7b8bdcc..60fb88405 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ dependencies {
     devImplementation "androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4"
     devImplementation "me.dm7.barcodescanner:zxing:1.9.8"
 
-    androidTestImplementation("com.wix:detox:+")  { transitive = true }
     androidTestImplementation "junit:junit:4.12"
 }
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/mendix/nativetemplate/DetoxTest.java b/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/mendix/nativetemplate/DetoxTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 50e292c73..000000000
--- a/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/mendix/nativetemplate/DetoxTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package com.mendix.nativetemplate;
-
-import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
-import androidx.test.filters.LargeTest;
-import androidx.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
-
-import com.wix.detox.Detox;
-import com.wix.detox.config.DetoxConfig;
-
-import org.junit.Rule;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-
-@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
-@LargeTest
-public class DetoxTest {
-    @Rule
-    public ActivityTestRule<MainActivity> mActivityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(MainActivity.class, false, false);
-
-    @Test
-    public void runDetoxTests() {
-        DetoxConfig detoxConfig = new DetoxConfig();
-        detoxConfig.idlePolicyConfig.masterTimeoutSec = 500;
-        detoxConfig.idlePolicyConfig.idleResourceTimeoutSec = 500;
-        detoxConfig.rnContextLoadTimeoutSec = 500;
-
-        Detox.runTests(mActivityRule, detoxConfig);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 651ea50e6..f37802381 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ allprojects {
                 mavenCentral()
             }
         }
-        maven {
-            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/detox/Detox-android"
-        }
         maven {
             url "$rootDir/../node_modules/@notifee/react-native/android/libs"
         }