diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-android.yml b/.github/workflows/build-android.yml
index e0318c3e4b..8f4948c580 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-android.yml
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ jobs:
           sed -i 's/defonce version ".*"/defonce version "${{ steps.ref.outputs.version }}"/g' src/main/frontend/version.cljs
           sed -i 's/versionName ".*"/versionName "${{ steps.ref.outputs.version }}"/g' android/app/build.gradle
 
-      - name: Compile CLJS
-        run: yarn install && yarn release
+      - name: Compile CLJS - android variant, use es6 instead of es-next
+        run: yarn install && yarn release-android-app
 
       - name: Upload Sentry Sourcemaps (beta only)
         if: ${{ inputs.build-target == 'beta' || github.event.inputs.build-target == 'beta' }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6301fbe4e..8c4d203235 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         "app-watch": "run-p gulp:watch cljs:app-watch",
         "release": "run-s gulp:build cljs:release",
         "release-app": "run-s gulp:build cljs:release-app",
+        "release-android-app": "run-s gulp:build cljs:release-android-app",
         "dev-release-app": "run-s gulp:build cljs:dev-release-app",
         "dev-electron-app": "gulp electron",
         "release-electron": "run-s gulp:build && gulp electronMaker",
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
         "cljs:release": "clojure -M:cljs release app publishing electron",
         "cljs:release-electron": "clojure -M:cljs release app electron --debug && clojure -M:cljs release publishing",
         "cljs:release-app": "clojure -M:cljs release app",
+        "cljs:release-android-app": "clojure -M:cljs release app --config-merge '{:compiler-options {:output-feature-set :es6}}'",
         "cljs:test": "clojure -M:test compile test",
         "cljs:run-test": "node static/tests.js",
         "cljs:dev-release-app": "clojure -M:cljs release app --config-merge '{:closure-defines {frontend.config/DEV-RELEASE true}}'",