diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be1334611..c3a69f041 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 /jme3-*/build/
 /jme3-bullet-native/bullet.zip
 /jme3-bullet-native/bullet-2.82-r2704/
+/jme3-bullet-native/bullet3-2.83.7/
 /jme3-android-native/openal-soft/
 /jme3-android-native/OpenALSoft.zip
 /jme3-android-native/src/native/jme_decode/STBI/
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e5903cec9..168ac64fd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jmeVersionTagID = 0
 buildJavaDoc = true
 
 # specify if SDK and Native libraries get built
-buildNativeProjects = false
+buildNativeProjects = true
 buildAndroidExamples = false
 
 # Path to android NDK for building native libraries
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ buildAndroidExamples = false
 ndkPath = /opt/android-ndk-r10c
 
 # Path for downloading native Bullet
-bulletUrl = http://bullet.googlecode.com/files/bullet-2.82-r2704.zip
-bulletFolder = bullet-2.82-r2704
+bulletUrl = https://github.com/bulletphysics/bullet3/archive/2.83.7.zip
+bulletFolder = bullet3-2.83.7
 bulletZipFile = bullet.zip
 
 # Path for downloading NetBeans Base
diff --git a/jme3-bullet-native/build.gradle b/jme3-bullet-native/build.gradle
index f1875647c..ebddec36d 100644
--- a/jme3-bullet-native/build.gradle
+++ b/jme3-bullet-native/build.gradle
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ model {
                     source {
                         srcDir 'src/native/cpp'
                         srcDir bulletSrcPath
-                        exclude 'BulletMultiThreaded/GpuSoftBodySolvers/**'
+                        exclude 'Bullet3OpenCL/**'
                         include '**/*.cpp'
                     }
                     exportedHeaders {
                         srcDir 'src/native/cpp'
                         srcDir bulletSrcPath
+                        exclude 'Bullet3OpenCL/**'
                         include '**/*.h'
                     }
                 }
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ model {
                 cppCompiler.args "-fvisibility=hidden"
                 cppCompiler.args '-I', "$javaHome/include/linux"
                 cppCompiler.args "-fPIC"
+ 
                 cppCompiler.args "-fpermissive"
                 linker.args "-fvisibility=hidden"
             } else if (os == "windows") {