diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 923ed3c6..7238a5dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Upcoming
+* Android Resolver - Update and resolve `packaging` keyword in maintemplate based on android gradle plugin version. Fixes #715
+
 # Version 1.2.183 - Sep 18, 2024
 * Android Resolver - Handle package paths that don't include a version hash,
   which is no longer present with Unity 6. Fixes #697
diff --git a/source/AndroidResolver/src/PlayServicesResolver.cs b/source/AndroidResolver/src/PlayServicesResolver.cs
index 74a011bb..569c7995 100644
--- a/source/AndroidResolver/src/PlayServicesResolver.cs
+++ b/source/AndroidResolver/src/PlayServicesResolver.cs
@@ -2352,7 +2352,13 @@ internal static IList<string> PackagingOptionsLines(ICollection<Dependency> depe
                     var sortedExcludeFiles = new List<string>(excludeFiles);
                     sortedExcludeFiles.Sort();
                     lines.Add("android {");
-                    lines.Add("  packagingOptions {");
+
+                    // `packagingOptions` is replaced by `packaging` keyword in Android Gradle plugin 8.0+
+                    if ((new Dependency.VersionComparer()).Compare("8.0", AndroidGradlePluginVersion) <= 0) {
+                        lines.Add("  packaging {");
+                    } else {
+                        lines.Add("  packagingOptions {");
+                    }
                     foreach (var filename in sortedExcludeFiles) {
                         // Unity's Android extension replaces ** in the template with an empty
                         // string presumably due to the token expansion it performs.  It's not