diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/third-party/java/robolectric/4.4/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/third-party/java/robolectric/4.4/BUCK
index 9033f5b0ce9..92c97fbfdd3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/third-party/java/robolectric/4.4/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/third-party/java/robolectric/4.4/BUCK
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rn_android_library(
     name = "robolectric",
     visibility = ["PUBLIC"],
     exported_deps = [
-        ":android-all-4.1.2_r1-robolectric-r1",
+        ":android-all-5.0.2_r3-robolectric-r0",
         ":bouncycastle",
         ":guava",
         ":javax-annotation-api",
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ rn_android_library(
     ],
 )
 
+# This is based on the minimum SDK version for tests: 21.
 rn_prebuilt_jar(
-    name = "android-all-4.1.2_r1-robolectric-r1",  # name defines filename used by robolectric in runtime
+    name = "android-all-5.0.2_r3-robolectric-r0",  # name defines filename used by robolectric in runtime
     binary_jar = ":robolectric-android-all-binary.jar",
     visibility = ["//ReactAndroid/..."],
 )
@@ -39,13 +40,13 @@ rn_prebuilt_jar(
 fb_native.export_file(
     name = "robolectric-android-all-binary.jar",
     src = ":robolectric-android-all-binary-remote.jar",
-    out = "../android-all-4.1.2_r1-robolectric-r1.jar",  # name defines filename used by robolectric in runtime
+    out = "../android-all-5.0.2_r3-robolectric-r0.jar",  # name defines filename used by robolectric in runtime
 )
 
 fb_native.remote_file(
     name = "robolectric-android-all-binary-remote.jar",
-    sha1 = "8355a2da59fe0233ca45070ca32f08da98d0b806",
-    url = "mvn:org.robolectric:android-all:jar:4.1.2_r1-robolectric-r1",
+    sha1 = "ae6e8f47f73ffe34054852d9c7f4f4ec489254f1",
+    url = "mvn:org.robolectric:android-all:jar:5.0.2_r3-robolectric-r0",
 )
 
 rn_prebuilt_jar(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/resources/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/test/resources/BUCK
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af94e7bada4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/resources/BUCK
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+java_library(
+    name = "robolectric",
+    srcs = [],
+    labels = [
+        "supermodule:xplat/default/public.react_native.infra",
+    ],
+    resources = [
+        "robolectric.properties",
+    ],
+    resources_root = ".",
+    visibility = ["PUBLIC"],
+)
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/resources/robolectric.properties b/ReactAndroid/src/test/resources/robolectric.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0d79302d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/resources/robolectric.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Set this to minimum supported API level for React Native.
+sdk=21
diff --git a/tools/build_defs/oss/rn_defs.bzl b/tools/build_defs/oss/rn_defs.bzl
index 42bafe6335f..c255f62bc0e 100644
--- a/tools/build_defs/oss/rn_defs.bzl
+++ b/tools/build_defs/oss/rn_defs.bzl
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ def rn_robolectric_test(name, srcs, vm_args = None, *args, **kwargs):
 
     kwargs["deps"] = kwargs.pop("deps", []) + [
         react_native_android_toplevel_dep("third-party/java/mockito2:mockito2"),
-        react_native_xplat_dep("libraries/fbcore/src/test/java/com/facebook/powermock:powermock2"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/robolectric/4.4:robolectric"),
+        react_native_tests_target("resources:robolectric"),
+        react_native_xplat_dep("libraries/fbcore/src/test/java/com/facebook/powermock:powermock2"),
     ]
 
     extra_vm_args = [