diff --git a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroidGradlePlugin.ts b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroidGradlePlugin.ts
index 4104c5b38f..0d56ec63ad 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 = '5.12.2';
+export const sentryAndroidGradlePluginVersion = '6.0.0';
 
 /**
  * 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 7b7cdf589d..7f6c897368 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:5.12.2")
+        classpath("io.sentry:sentry-android-gradle-plugin:6.0.0")
     }
 }