diff --git a/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.json b/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.json
index 9a665ef268d..c82eb3f5515 100644
--- a/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
-    "Minor": 248,
-    "Patch": 1
+    "Minor": 253,
+    "Patch": 0
   },
   "demands": [
     "MSBuild",
diff --git a/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.loc.json b/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.loc.json
index af794dd5bb7..4c2968a563c 100644
--- a/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/XamarinAndroidV1/task.loc.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
-    "Minor": 248,
-    "Patch": 1
+    "Minor": 253,
+    "Patch": 0
   },
   "demands": [
     "MSBuild",