diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/android/start_android_emulator.sh b/tools/ci_build/github/android/start_android_emulator.sh
index 5eeb629cae..c24ca7b0e0 100755
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/android/start_android_emulator.sh
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/android/start_android_emulator.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo "y" | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager --install 'system-images;android-28;google_apis;x86_64'
+echo "y" | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager --install 'system-images;android-29;google_apis;x86_64'
 
-echo "no" | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/avdmanager create avd -n android_emulator -k 'system-images;android-28;google_apis;x86_64' --force
+echo "no" | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/avdmanager create avd -n android_emulator -k 'system-images;android-29;google_apis;x86_64' --force
 
 echo "Starting emulator"
 
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/android-x86_64-crosscompile-ci-pipeline.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/android-x86_64-crosscompile-ci-pipeline.yml
index f28bbef196..16468909ff 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/android-x86_64-crosscompile-ci-pipeline.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/android-x86_64-crosscompile-ci-pipeline.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 jobs:
 - job: Android_CI
-  pool: 
-    vmImage: 'macOS-10.14'
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'macOS-10.15'
   steps:
-    # cmake 3.15 breaks Android NDK https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/19515. pip install cmake==3.13.2 installs 3.12.2
-    - script: pip install cmake==3.13.2.post1 && alias cmake=/usr/local/bin/cmake && cmake --version && brew install coreutils
-      displayName: Install cmake 3.14 and coreutils
-    - script: 'git submodule update --init --recursive --progress'
-      displayName: Clone submodules
-    - script: echo "y" | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager --install 'ndk-bundle'
-      displayName: Install Android NDK
-    - script: tools/ci_build/build.py --android --build_dir build --android_sdk_path $ANDROID_HOME --android_ndk_path $ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle --android_abi=x86_64 --skip_submodule_sync --parallel --use_dnnlibrary
+    - script: brew install coreutils
+      displayName: Install coreutils
+    - script: tools/ci_build/build.py --android --build_dir build --android_sdk_path $ANDROID_HOME --android_ndk_path $ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle --android_abi=x86_64 --android_api=29 --skip_submodule_sync --parallel --use_nnapi
       displayName: Build and Test on Android Emulator
-