diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6830378a55..589970c88b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 - Bump JavaScript SDK from v10.76.0 to v10.76.2 ([#6866](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6866))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#10762)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/compare/10.76.0...10.76.2)
+- Bump Android SDK from v8.60.0 to v8.61.0 ([#6889](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6889))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8610)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.60.0...8.61.0)
 
 ## 8.30.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/android/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
index fd61936c33..0c02f9959a 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
-def sentryAndroidVersion = '8.60.0'
+def sentryAndroidVersion = '8.61.0'
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly files('libs/replay-stubs.jar')
diff --git a/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle
index b6e0fe9d2d..4874c93cac 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly project(':expo-modules-core')
-    compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.60.0'
+    compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.61.0'
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar b/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar
index 6b05d7bf66..2fa4163bf1 100644
Binary files a/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar and b/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/core/android/replay-stubs/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/replay-stubs/build.gradle
index 23807f0a97..635738dae4 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/replay-stubs/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/replay-stubs/build.gradle
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ tasks.named('jar', Jar) {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry:8.60.0'
+  compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry:8.61.0'
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/sentry.gradle.kts b/packages/core/sentry.gradle.kts
index add3a9df53..2db85264ac 100644
--- a/packages/core/sentry.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/core/sentry.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 import java.util.regex.Pattern
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
-val expectedSentryAndroidVersion = "8.60.0"
+val expectedSentryAndroidVersion = "8.61.0"
 
 val sentryVersionCheckWarned = AtomicBoolean(false)
 project.configurations.configureEach {