diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 43c2a34..88b9c02 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
     }
 }
 
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ android {
         disable 'InvalidPackage'
     }
     dependencies {
-        implementation 'com.pusher:pusher-java-client:2.0.0'
+        implementation 'com.pusher:pusher-java-client:2.0.2'
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/ninjasolutions/pusher/PusherPlugin.java b/android/src/main/java/com/ninjasolutions/pusher/PusherPlugin.java
index 4319c63..c4c9534 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/ninjasolutions/pusher/PusherPlugin.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/ninjasolutions/pusher/PusherPlugin.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.pusher.client.channel.Channel;
 import com.pusher.client.channel.ChannelEventListener;
 import com.pusher.client.channel.PresenceChannelEventListener;
+import com.pusher.client.channel.PrivateChannel;
 import com.pusher.client.channel.PrivateChannelEventListener;
 import com.pusher.client.channel.PusherEvent;
 import com.pusher.client.channel.User;
@@ -377,9 +378,18 @@ private void trigger(MethodCall call, Result result) {
             final String channelName = json.getString("channelName");
             final String eventName = json.getString("eventName");
 
-            Channel channel = channels.get(channelName);
+            String data = "{}";
+            if (json.has("data")) {
+                data = json.getString("data");
+            }
 
-            channel.trigger(eventName, "{}");
+            Channel channel = channels.get(channelName);
+            if (channel instanceof PrivateChannel) {
+                if (isLoggingEnabled) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, String.format("Trigger event: %s with data: %s", eventName, data));
+                }
+                ((PrivateChannel) channel).trigger(eventName, data);
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (isLoggingEnabled) {
                 Log.d(TAG, String.format("unbind exception: %s", e.getMessage()));
diff --git a/example/pubspec.lock b/example/pubspec.lock
index 43ec0cf..96eb21f 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.6.4"
-  pedantic:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: pedantic
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "1.8.0+1"
   petitparser:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -183,7 +176,7 @@ packages:
       name: test_api
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.2.11"
+    version: "0.2.15"
   typed_data:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index c72b05a..a06243f 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ packages:
       name: test_api
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.2.11"
+    version: "0.2.15"
   timing:
     dependency: transitive
     description: