diff --git a/.github/workflows/agp-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/agp-matrix.yml
index 1d2a3bbb56..edf88d2e68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agp-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agp-matrix.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ jobs:
           disk-size: 4096M
           script: echo "Generated AVD snapshot for caching."
 
+      # API 37 ships as a minor-versioned platform (android-37.0); install it
+      # explicitly so the build can resolve it.
+      - name: Install compileSdk platform
+        run: echo "y" | "$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager" "platforms;android-37.0"
+
       # Clean, build and release a test apk
       - name: Make assembleUiTests
         run: make assembleUiTests
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24df41730a..aed0cfec67 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
   Sentry.finishExtendedAppStart()
   ```
+- Full support for Android 17 (API level 37) ([#5723](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5723))
+  - The SDK is now compiled and targeted against `compileSdk`/`targetSdk` 37 and verified end-to-end on API 37: builds (incl. R8 full mode), Session Replay, crash & ANR reporting (JVM and native), and profiling
+  - Session Replay video encoding now handles the `@Nullable` `MediaCodecInfo.getVideoCapabilities()` introduced in the API 37 SDK
 - Add `trace_metric_byte` data category and record byte-level client reports when trace metrics are discarded ([#5626](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5626))
 - Support the `io.sentry.tombstone.report-historical` manifest option to enable historical tombstone reporting via `AndroidManifest.xml` `<meta-data>` ([#5683](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5683))
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 1a145040e7..1496545b10 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ springboot4 = "4.0.0"
 sqldelight = "2.3.2"
 
 # Android
-targetSdk = "36"
-compileSdk = "36"
+targetSdk = "37"
+compileSdk = "37"
 minSdk = "21"
 
 [plugins]
diff --git a/sentry-android-replay/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/replay/video/SimpleVideoEncoder.kt b/sentry-android-replay/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/replay/video/SimpleVideoEncoder.kt
index de14aadaaa..04d573d793 100644
--- a/sentry-android-replay/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/replay/video/SimpleVideoEncoder.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-replay/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/replay/video/SimpleVideoEncoder.kt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ internal class SimpleVideoEncoder(
         val videoCapabilities =
           mediaCodec.codecInfo.getCapabilitiesForType(muxerConfig.mimeType).videoCapabilities
 
-        if (!videoCapabilities.bitrateRange.contains(bitRate)) {
+        if (videoCapabilities != null && !videoCapabilities.bitrateRange.contains(bitRate)) {
           options.logger.log(
             DEBUG,
             "Encoder doesn't support the provided bitRate: $bitRate, the value will be clamped to the closest one",