diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
index a6decfda03b..685c09e3091 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.8.17+1
+
+* Bumps `exoplayer_version` from 1.5.1 to 1.8.0.
+
 ## 2.8.17
 
 * Moves video event processing logic to Dart, and fixes an issue where buffer
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle
index e8b1c341d44..42c35e4572c 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        def exoplayer_version = "1.5.1"
+        def exoplayer_version = "1.8.0"
         implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer:${exoplayer_version}")
         implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:${exoplayer_version}")
         implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-dash:${exoplayer_version}")
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
index 8c996569854..386a1a86757 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: 2.8.17
+version: 2.8.17+1
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.9.0