diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
index d3c63dae9d8..863fcf80513 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.5.2
+
+* Updates Android Gradle plugin to 8.5.0.
+
 ## 2.5.1
 
 * Removes additional references to the v1 Android embedding.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle
index 789d0949572..5675d385de3 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
index 2d234734d71..b57f24d100c 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_android
 description: Android implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.5.1
+version: 2.5.2
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.4.0