diff --git a/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.cc b/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.cc
index 62c2f850b537d..b130ab156a5e1 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ extern "C" __attribute__((weak)) unsigned long getauxval(unsigned long type) {
 void ConfigureShorebird(std::string android_cache_path,
                         flutter::Settings& settings,
                         std::string shorebirdYaml,
-                        std::string version) {
+                        std::string version,
+                        long version_code) {
   auto cache_dir =
       fml::paths::JoinPaths({android_cache_path, "shorebird_updater"});
 
@@ -107,7 +108,10 @@ void ConfigureShorebird(std::string android_cache_path,
   // Using a block to make AppParameters lifetime explicit.
   {
     AppParameters app_parameters;
-    app_parameters.release_version = version.c_str();
+    // Combine version and version_code into a single string.
+    // We could also pass these separately through to the updater if needed.
+    auto release_version = version + "+" + std::to_string(version_code);
+    app_parameters.release_version = release_version.c_str();
     app_parameters.cache_dir = cache_dir.c_str();
 
     // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26032039/convert-vectorstring-into-char-c
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ void FlutterMain::Init(JNIEnv* env,
                        jstring engineCachesPath,
                        jstring shorebirdYaml,
                        jstring version,
+                       jlong versionCode,
                        jlong initTimeMillis) {
   std::vector<std::string> args;
   args.push_back("flutter");
@@ -201,8 +206,9 @@ void FlutterMain::Init(JNIEnv* env,
 #if FLUTTER_RELEASE
   std::string shorebird_yaml = fml::jni::JavaStringToString(env, shorebirdYaml);
   std::string version_string = fml::jni::JavaStringToString(env, version);
+  long version_code = versionCode;
   ConfigureShorebird(android_cache_path, settings, shorebird_yaml,
-                     version_string);
+                     version_string, version_code);
 #endif
 
   flutter::DartCallbackCache::LoadCacheFromDisk();
@@ -292,7 +298,7 @@ bool FlutterMain::Register(JNIEnv* env) {
           .name = "nativeInit",
           .signature = "(Landroid/content/Context;[Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/"
                        "lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/"
-                       "lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;J)V",
+                       "lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;JJ)V",
           .fnPtr = reinterpret_cast<void*>(&Init),
       },
       {
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.h b/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.h
index 88d337c10e339..d5936bc5d37d0 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.h
+++ b/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class FlutterMain {
                    jstring engineCachesPath,
                    jstring shorebirdYaml,
                    jstring version,
+                   jlong versionCode,
                    jlong initTimeMillis);
 
   void SetupDartVMServiceUriCallback(JNIEnv* env);
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java
index 472521f7a1683..df7444781775a 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.ColorSpace;
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ private static native void nativeInit(
       @NonNull String engineCachesPath,
       @Nullable String shorebirdYaml,
       @Nullable String version,
+      long versionCode,
       long initTimeMillis);
 
   /**
@@ -202,11 +204,11 @@ public void init(
     }
 
     String version = null;
+    long versionCode = 0;
     try {
-      // Should this be versionName or getLongVersionCode()?
-      // versionName is human readable, but getLongVersionCode() is a
-      // monotonically increasing number.
-      version = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0).versionName;
+      PackageInfo packageInfo = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0);
+      version = packageInfo.versionName;
+      versionCode = packageInfo.getLongVersionCode();
     } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
       Log.e(TAG, "Failed to read app version.  Shorebird updater can't run.", e);
     }
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ public void init(
         engineCachesPath,
         shorebirdYaml,
         version,
+        versionCode,
         initTimeMillis);
     FlutterJNI.initCalled = true;
   }