diff --git a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroidGradlePlugin.ts b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroidGradlePlugin.ts
index 8efc873c00..4efd09de8e 100644
--- a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroidGradlePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroidGradlePlugin.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export interface SentryAndroidGradlePluginOptions {
   includeSourceContext?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const sentryAndroidGradlePluginVersion = '5.8.0';
+export const sentryAndroidGradlePluginVersion = '5.12.1';
 
 /**
  * Adds the Sentry Android Gradle Plugin to the project.
diff --git a/samples/react-native/android/build.gradle b/samples/react-native/android/build.gradle
index 48a1d9bb58..7a64df22d7 100644
--- a/samples/react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle")
         classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
         classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin")
-        classpath("io.sentry:sentry-android-gradle-plugin:5.8.0")
+        classpath("io.sentry:sentry-android-gradle-plugin:5.12.1")
     }
 }