diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
index aac2125ca887..977fc6151604 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.12.3
+
+* Enables ExoPlayer decoder fallback so that playback continues on a lower-priority decoder when the preferred decoder fails to initialize.
+
 ## 2.12.2
 
 * Fixes a [bug](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/132934) where videos with a pixel aspect ratio other than 1.0 (anamorphic content) reported their coded size instead of their display size, causing them to be rendered stretched.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/platformview/PlatformViewVideoPlayer.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/platformview/PlatformViewVideoPlayer.java
index a4b5a93890a4..70527456461a 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/platformview/PlatformViewVideoPlayer.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/platformview/PlatformViewVideoPlayer.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.DefaultLoadControl;
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.DefaultRenderersFactory;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer;
 import io.flutter.plugins.videoplayer.ExoPlayerEventListener;
 import io.flutter.plugins.videoplayer.VideoAsset;
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ public static PlatformViewVideoPlayer create(
         asset.getMediaItem(),
         options,
         () -> {
-          ExoPlayer.Builder builder = new ExoPlayer.Builder(context);
+          ExoPlayer.Builder builder =
+              new ExoPlayer.Builder(
+                  context, new DefaultRenderersFactory(context).setEnableDecoderFallback(true));
           if (options.backBufferDurationMs != null) {
             if (options.backBufferDurationMs < 0) {
               throw new IllegalArgumentException("backBufferDurationMs must be at least 0");
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/texture/TextureVideoPlayer.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/texture/TextureVideoPlayer.java
index c0a2d4189176..e0f2568d2568 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/texture/TextureVideoPlayer.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/texture/TextureVideoPlayer.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.DefaultLoadControl;
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.DefaultRenderersFactory;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer;
 import io.flutter.plugins.videoplayer.ExoPlayerEventListener;
 import io.flutter.plugins.videoplayer.VideoAsset;
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ public static TextureVideoPlayer create(
         asset.getMediaItem(),
         options,
         () -> {
-          ExoPlayer.Builder builder = new ExoPlayer.Builder(context);
+          ExoPlayer.Builder builder =
+              new ExoPlayer.Builder(
+                  context, new DefaultRenderersFactory(context).setEnableDecoderFallback(true));
           if (options.backBufferDurationMs != null) {
             if (options.backBufferDurationMs < 0) {
               throw new IllegalArgumentException("backBufferDurationMs must be at least 0");
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/TextureVideoPlayerTest.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/TextureVideoPlayerTest.java
index befb22778650..1f21595438f3 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/TextureVideoPlayerTest.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/TextureVideoPlayerTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import android.view.Surface;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 import androidx.media3.common.PlaybackParameters;
 import androidx.media3.common.Player;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoSize;
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.DefaultRenderersFactory;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer;
 import io.flutter.plugins.videoplayer.texture.TextureVideoPlayer;
 import io.flutter.view.TextureRegistry;
@@ -227,4 +229,34 @@ public void create_withBackBufferDuration_setsLoadControl() {
       player.dispose();
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void create_enablesDecoderFallback() {
+    android.content.Context mockContext = mock(android.content.Context.class);
+    VideoPlayerOptions options = new VideoPlayerOptions();
+
+    try (MockedConstruction<DefaultRenderersFactory> mockedFactory =
+            mockConstruction(
+                DefaultRenderersFactory.class,
+                (mock, context) ->
+                    when(mock.setEnableDecoderFallback(anyBoolean())).thenReturn(mock));
+        MockedConstruction<ExoPlayer.Builder> mockedBuilder =
+            mockConstruction(
+                ExoPlayer.Builder.class,
+                (mock, context) -> {
+                  when(mock.setLoadControl(any())).thenReturn(mock);
+                  when(mock.setTrackSelector(any())).thenReturn(mock);
+                  when(mock.setMediaSourceFactory(any())).thenReturn(mock);
+                  when(mock.build()).thenReturn(mockExoPlayer);
+                })) {
+
+      TextureVideoPlayer player =
+          TextureVideoPlayer.create(mockContext, mockEvents, mockProducer, fakeVideoAsset, options);
+
+      assertEquals(1, mockedBuilder.constructed().size());
+      assertEquals(1, mockedFactory.constructed().size());
+      verify(mockedFactory.constructed().get(0)).setEnableDecoderFallback(true);
+      player.dispose();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
index fb3fca6317ac..a2b7f4b9f3db 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_android
 description: Android implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.12.2
+version: 2.12.3
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.12.0