diff --git a/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android b/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android
index cc31fbcea43691..d9937b5f8100ae 100644
--- a/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android
+++ b/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # and build a Android application that can be used to run the
 # tests specified in the scripts/ directory.
 #
-FROM reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:4.0
+FROM reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:5.0
 
 LABEL Description="React Native Android Test Image"
 LABEL maintainer="Héctor Ramos <hector@fb.com>"
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0f91a2531760a2..4598e5473d74ea 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ executors:
   reactnativeandroid:
     <<: *defaults
     docker:
-      - image: reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:4.0
+      - image: reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:5.0
     resource_class: "large"
     environment:
       - TERM: "dumb"
       - ADB_INSTALL_TIMEOUT: 10
-      - _JAVA_OPTIONS: "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap"
       - GRADLE_OPTS: '-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"'
       - BUILD_THREADS: 2
       # Repeated here, as the environment key in this executor will overwrite the one in defaults
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd407f156abe4c..bcab316a74eee6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "prettier": "prettier --write \"./**/*.{js,md,yml}\"",
     "format-check": "prettier --list-different \"./**/*.{js,md,yml}\"",
     "update-lock": "npx yarn-deduplicate",
-    "docker-setup-android": "docker pull reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:4.0",
+    "docker-setup-android": "docker pull reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:5.0",
     "docker-build-android": "docker build -t reactnativeci/android -f .circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android .",
     "test-android-run-instrumentation": "docker run --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN -it reactnativeci/android bash .circleci/Dockerfiles/scripts/run-android-docker-instrumentation-tests.sh",
     "test-android-run-unit": "docker run --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN -it reactnativeci/android bash .circleci/Dockerfiles/scripts/run-android-docker-unit-tests.sh",