diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index d81f3d85..4845e8bd 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * openssl 1.1.1q upgrade
  * gradle 7.5.1 upgrade
  * libtorrent update to RC_1_2 b5873f23b40ef9054b2bd6a4db2a2d327a56d4b1
+ * android NDK r25b (LTS) update (from r23)
  * lt:fix wanted_done/done accounting when force-rechecking
  * lt:expose userdata via torrent_handle (back-port from 2.0)
  * lt:fix renaming of filenames that are too long for the filesystem
diff --git a/swig/Dockerfile b/swig/Dockerfile
index 212bacd0..3ac76649 100644
--- a/swig/Dockerfile
+++ b/swig/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ENV BOOST_MINOR="0"
 ENV BOOST_DOT_VERSION="${BOOST_MAJOR}.${BOOST_VERSION}.${BOOST_MINOR}"
 ENV BOOST_UNDERSCORE_VERSION="${BOOST_MAJOR}_${BOOST_VERSION}_${BOOST_MINOR}"
 ENV BOOST_ROOT="/src/boost_${BOOST_UNDERSCORE_VERSION}"
-ENV NDK_VERSION="r23"
+ENV NDK_VERSION="r25b"
 ENV ANDROID_API="24"
 ENV OPENSSL_VERSION="1.1.1q"
 ENV OPENSSL_NO_OPTS="no-afalgeng no-async no-autoalginit no-autoerrinit no-capieng no-cms no-comp no-deprecated no-dgram no-dso no-dtls no-dynamic-engine no-egd no-engine no-err no-filenames no-gost no-hw no-makedepend no-multiblock no-nextprotoneg no-posix-io no-psk no-rdrand no-sctp no-shared no-sock no-srp no-srtp no-static-engine no-stdio no-threads no-ui-console no-zlib no-zlib-dynamic -fno-strict-aliasing -fvisibility=hidden -Os"