diff --git a/packages/firebase_crashlytics/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/firebase_crashlytics/CHANGELOG.md
index 11cecdc6e57a..c66c92b57a54 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_crashlytics/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/firebase_crashlytics/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.0.3
+
+* Rely on firebase_core to add the Android dependency on Firebase instead of hardcoding the version ourselves
+
 ## 0.0.2+1
 
 * Update variable name `enableInDevMode` in README.
diff --git a/packages/firebase_crashlytics/android/build.gradle b/packages/firebase_crashlytics/android/build.gradle
index fd3f9d8ee6d8..822e5e334d42 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_crashlytics/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/firebase_crashlytics/android/build.gradle
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.8'
     implementation 'com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.9'
 }
diff --git a/packages/firebase_crashlytics/pubspec.yaml b/packages/firebase_crashlytics/pubspec.yaml
index 6ad71000ac94..bd7da5e6e05d 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_crashlytics/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/firebase_crashlytics/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: firebase_crashlytics
 description: Flutter plugin for Firebase Crashlytics. It reports uncaught errors to the
   Firebase console.
-version: 0.0.2+1
+version: 0.0.3
 author: Flutter Team <flutter-dev@google.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/firebase_crashlytics