diff --git a/bazel/envoy_mobile_dependencies.bzl b/bazel/envoy_mobile_dependencies.bzl
index bd57103985..b8b778a53c 100644
--- a/bazel/envoy_mobile_dependencies.bzl
+++ b/bazel/envoy_mobile_dependencies.bzl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def kotlin_dependencies(extra_maven_dependencies = []):
             "androidx.test:runner:1.3.0",
             "androidx.test:monitor:1.3.0",
             "androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2",
-            "org.robolectric:robolectric:4.4",
+            "org.robolectric:robolectric:4.8.1",
             "org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2",
             "com.google.truth:truth:1.1",
         ] + extra_maven_dependencies,
diff --git a/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl b/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
index 11172c79d4..c3c30a694e 100644
--- a/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ def kotlin_repos():
 
     http_archive(
         name = "robolectric",
-        sha256 = "d4f2eb078a51f4e534ebf5e18b6cd4646d05eae9b362ac40b93831bdf46112c7",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric-bazel/archive/4.4.tar.gz"],
-        strip_prefix = "robolectric-bazel-4.4",
+        sha256 = "95d61d6b94bd19b0d528e47a5c1e482f2b2c914438028e9465b7ebd026013672",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric-bazel/archive/4.8.1.tar.gz"],
+        strip_prefix = "robolectric-bazel-4.8.1",
     )
 
 def android_repos():