diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6489817d4..16c8dd4db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,13 +37,18 @@ channel in the [CNCF slack](https://slack.cncf.io/). Please join us there for fu
 
 ## Gradle
 
-To use this android instrumentation library in your application, first add a dependency
-in your gradle build script:
+To use this android instrumentation library in your application, you will first need to add
+a dependency in your application's `build.gradle.kts`. We publish a bill of materials (BOM) that
+helps to coordinate versions of the opentelemetry-android components and the upstream
+`opentelemetry-java-instrumentation` and `opentelemetry-java` dependencies. We recommend
+using the bom as a platform dependency, and then omitting explicit version information
+from all other opentelemetry dependencies:
 
 ```kotlin
 dependencies {
     //...
-    implementation("io.opentelemetry.android:android-agent:0.12.0-alpha")
+    api(platform("io.opentelemetry.android:opentelemetry-android-bom.12.0-alpha"))
+    implementation("io.opentelemetry.android:android-agent") // Version is resolved thru bom
     //...
 }
 ```
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 66282d671..712ad8d6b 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ compose = "1.5.4"
 [libraries]
 opentelemetry-platform-alpha = { module = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha", version.ref = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-alpha" }
 opentelemetry-platform = { module = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom" }
+opentelemetry-core-bom = { module = "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom" }
 androidx-navigation-fragment = { group = "androidx.navigation", name = "navigation-fragment", version.ref = "androidx-navigation" }
 androidx-navigation-runtime-ktx = { group = "androidx.navigation", name = "navigation-runtime-ktx", version.ref = "androidx-navigation" }
 androidx-core = "androidx.core:core:1.16.0"
diff --git a/opentelemetry-android-bom/build.gradle.kts b/opentelemetry-android-bom/build.gradle.kts
index c94670a7b..2311d7c94 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-android-bom/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/opentelemetry-android-bom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ plugins {
 
 description = "OpenTelemetry Android Bill of Materials"
 
+javaPlatform.allowDependencies()
+
 dependencies {
+    api(platform(libs.opentelemetry.platform.alpha))
+    api(platform(libs.opentelemetry.platform))
+    api(platform(libs.opentelemetry.core.bom))
     constraints {
         rootProject.subprojects.forEach { subproject ->
             if (subproject != project) {