diff --git a/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/common/MainThreadFlipperReceiverTest.java b/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/common/MainThreadFlipperReceiverTest.java
index 3233b6ff6..681225110 100644
--- a/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/common/MainThreadFlipperReceiverTest.java
+++ b/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/common/MainThreadFlipperReceiverTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.common;
 
+import static org.robolectric.annotation.LooperMode.Mode.LEGACY;
+
 import com.facebook.flipper.core.FlipperObject;
 import com.facebook.flipper.core.FlipperResponder;
 import com.facebook.flipper.testing.FlipperResponderMock;
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.LooperMode;
 
+@LooperMode(LEGACY)
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
 public class MainThreadFlipperReceiverTest {
 
diff --git a/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/InspectorFlipperPluginTest.java b/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/InspectorFlipperPluginTest.java
index 336b13be1..976cb6668 100644
--- a/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/InspectorFlipperPluginTest.java
+++ b/android/src/test/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/InspectorFlipperPluginTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItem;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.robolectric.annotation.LooperMode.Mode.LEGACY;
 
 import android.app.Application;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.LooperMode;
 
+@LooperMode(LEGACY)
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
 public class InspectorFlipperPluginTest {
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4e175d7a6..71b05688f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ext.deps = [
         lithoTesting       : "com.facebook.litho:litho-testing:$LITHO_VERSION",
         // Debugging and testing
         guava              : 'com.google.guava:guava:20.0',
-        robolectric        : 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.3.1',
+        robolectric        : 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.4',
         junit              : 'junit:junit:4.12',
         hamcrest           : 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3',
         mockito            : 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.26.0',