diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4616d6cdea..a3839261b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 - Bump Cocoa SDK from v8.53.2 to v8.55.1 ([#5036](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/5036))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8551)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/compare/8.53.2...8.55.1)
+- Bump Android SDK from v8.20.0 to v8.21.1 ([#5155](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/5155))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8211)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.20.0...8.21.1)
 
 ## 7.0.1
 
diff --git a/packages/core/android/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
index 0cc5290d84..ec019bb735 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
-    api 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.20.0'
+    api 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.21.1'
 }