diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39a32b7603..ebb7c1fbc9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 - Bump CLI from v3.8.0 to v3.8.1 ([#6924](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6924))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#381)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/compare/3.8.0...3.8.1)
-- Bump Android SDK from v8.61.0 to v8.61.1 ([#6929](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6929))
-  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8611)
-  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.61.0...8.61.1)
 
 ## 8.31.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/android/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
index 540f1c120b..0c02f9959a 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
-def sentryAndroidVersion = '8.61.1'
+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 759af06ea6..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:8.61.1'
+    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 926f3f9d21..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 b223efd879..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:8.61.1'
+  compileOnly 'io.sentry:sentry:8.61.0'
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/sentry.gradle.kts b/packages/core/sentry.gradle.kts
index 7599682fbc..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 = "8.61.1"
+val expectedSentryAndroidVersion = "8.61.0"
 
 val sentryVersionCheckWarned = AtomicBoolean(false)
 project.configurations.configureEach {