diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1f1f39b13..232815f431 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 - Bump Cocoa SDK from v9.8.0 to v9.9.0 ([#5956](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/5956))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#990)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/compare/9.8.0...9.9.0)
+- Bump Android SDK from v8.37.1 to v8.38.0 ([#5971](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/5971))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8380)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.37.1...8.38.0)
 
 ## 8.7.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/android/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
index 8069ba65fd..04b2026a87 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     compileOnly files('libs/replay-stubs.jar')
     implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
-    api 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.37.1'
-    debugImplementation 'io.sentry:sentry-spotlight:8.37.1'
+    api 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.38.0'
+    debugImplementation 'io.sentry:sentry-spotlight:8.38.0'
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle
index efe6e13879..b69651940e 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly project(':expo-modules-core')
-    compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.37.1'
+    compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.38.0'
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar b/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar
index a44d1a66d9..ec19e6ce44 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 cd38ad1297..1d9979727f 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:8.37.1'
+  compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry:8.38.0'
 }