diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bbf006597..616e05576 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ext.deps = [
         lithoTesting       : "com.facebook.litho:litho-testing:$LITHO_VERSION",
         // Debugging and testing
         guava              : 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0',
-        robolectric        : 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.4',
+        robolectric        : 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.5.1',
         junit              : 'junit:junit:4.13.2',
         hamcrest           : 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:2.2',
         mockito            : 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.26.0',