diff --git a/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/CHANGELOG.md
index df9c8b87f3e6..99b337e667bc 100644
--- a/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.0.6
+
+* Updates androidx.core version to 1.8.0.
+
 ## 1.0.5
 
 * Updates references to the obsolete master branch.
diff --git a/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/android/build.gradle b/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/android/build.gradle
index 309d2fb1e424..0486b8cea21a 100644
--- a/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/android/build.gradle
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api "androidx.core:core:1.3.2"
+    api "androidx.core:core:1.8.0"
     api "androidx.biometric:biometric:1.1.0"
     api "androidx.fragment:fragment:1.3.2"
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
diff --git a/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/pubspec.yaml
index ec4eaab829f2..eb2638131ffb 100644
--- a/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: local_auth_android
 description: Android implementation of the local_auth plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/main/packages/local_auth/local_auth_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+local_auth%22
-version: 1.0.5
+version: 1.0.6
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.14.0 <3.0.0"