diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 667dd9d..fcdd9c3 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -774,7 +774,8 @@
 	return a.depIsInSameApex(ctx, dep)
 }
 
-func (g *AARImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+func (g *AARImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index ae7373f..99943f2 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 
 		if minSdkVersion, err := a.minSdkVersion().effectiveVersion(ctx); err == nil {
 			a.checkJniLibsSdkVersion(ctx, minSdkVersion)
-			android.CheckMinSdkVersion(a, ctx, int(minSdkVersion))
+			android.CheckMinSdkVersion(a, ctx, minSdkVersion.ApiLevel(ctx))
 		} else {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("min_sdk_version", "%s", err.Error())
 		}
@@ -1637,7 +1637,8 @@
 	return sdkSpecFrom("")
 }
 
-func (j *AndroidAppImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+func (j *AndroidAppImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
 	// Do not check for prebuilts against the min_sdk_version of enclosing APEX
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index d67e9e0..1395ec4 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1876,7 +1876,8 @@
 	return j.depIsInSameApex(ctx, dep)
 }
 
-func (j *Module) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+func (j *Module) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
 	sdkSpec := j.minSdkVersion()
 	if !sdkSpec.specified() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("min_sdk_version is not specified")
@@ -1888,7 +1889,7 @@
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if int(ver) > sdkVersion {
+	if ver.ApiLevel(ctx).GreaterThan(sdkVersion) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("newer SDK(%v)", ver)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -2753,7 +2754,8 @@
 	return j.depIsInSameApex(ctx, dep)
 }
 
-func (j *Import) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+func (j *Import) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
 	// Do not check for prebuilts against the min_sdk_version of enclosing APEX
 	return nil
 }
@@ -2936,7 +2938,8 @@
 	return j.dexJarFile
 }
 
-func (j *DexImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+func (j *DexImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
 	// we don't check prebuilt modules for sdk_version
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/java/sdk.go b/java/sdk.go
index 56fa12b..5f8cb24 100644
--- a/java/sdk.go
+++ b/java/sdk.go
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@
 	return "(no version)"
 }
 
+func (v sdkVersion) ApiLevel(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext) android.ApiLevel {
+	return android.ApiLevelOrPanic(ctx, v.String())
+}
+
 // asNumberString directly converts the numeric value of this sdk version as a string.
 // When isNumbered() is true, this method is the same as String(). However, for sdkVersionCurrent
 // and sdkVersionNone, this returns 10000 and 0 while String() returns "current" and "(no version"),
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index 1a5ef54..a7b92b3 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1878,7 +1878,8 @@
 	return false
 }
 
-func (module *SdkLibraryImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+func (module *SdkLibraryImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
 	// we don't check prebuilt modules for sdk_version
 	return nil
 }
@@ -2078,7 +2079,8 @@
 	// do nothing
 }
 
-func (module *sdkLibraryXml) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+func (module *sdkLibraryXml) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
 	// sdkLibraryXml doesn't need to be checked separately because java_sdk_library is checked
 	return nil
 }