diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69d53e567d..d343756795 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 - Bump CLI from v3.4.2 to v3.4.3 ([#6205](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6205))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#343)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/compare/3.4.2...3.4.3)
+- Bump Android SDK from v8.42.0 to v8.43.0 ([#6224](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6224))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8430)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.42.0...8.43.0)
 
 ## 8.12.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/android/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
index 45fc226106..cde4a20b69 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     compileOnly files('libs/replay-stubs.jar')
     implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
-    api 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.42.0'
-    debugImplementation 'io.sentry:sentry-spotlight:8.42.0'
+    api 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.43.0'
+    debugImplementation 'io.sentry:sentry-spotlight:8.43.0'
 
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.12.0'
diff --git a/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/expo-handler/build.gradle
index 96850d6bde..ee9ccba5c3 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:8.42.0'
+    compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.43.0'
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar b/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar
index d1fdafe138..766a8cd7b9 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 ac99ecdd67..22d686c2ae 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:8.42.0'
+  compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry:8.43.0'
 }