diff --git a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/CHANGELOG.md
index 9893c4f8931d..3b8323126c7f 100644
--- a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 5.2.3
+
+Android: Use android.arch.lifecycle instead of androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle in `build.gradle` to support apps that has not been migrated to AndroidX.
+
 ## 5.2.2
 
 * Re-land embedder v2 support with correct Flutter SDK constraints.
diff --git a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/build.gradle b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/build.gradle
index 72142a04114e..75643ad6db12 100644
--- a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/build.gradle
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ afterEvaluate {
     if (!containsEmbeddingDependencies) {
         android {
             dependencies {
-                def lifecycle_version = "2.1.0"
-                api "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common-java8:$lifecycle_version"
-                api "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:$lifecycle_version"
+                def lifecycle_version = "1.1.1"
+                api "android.arch.lifecycle:runtime:$lifecycle_version"
+                api "android.arch.lifecycle:common:$lifecycle_version"
+                api "android.arch.lifecycle:common-java8:$lifecycle_version"
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/gradle.properties b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/gradle.properties
index 94adc3a3f97a..8bd86f680510 100644
--- a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
-android.useAndroidX=true
-android.enableJetifier=true
diff --git a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/pubspec.yaml b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/pubspec.yaml
index 6f882fbc740a..4763469d558d 100644
--- a/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Flutter plugin for launching a URL on Android and iOS. Supports
   web, phone, SMS, and email schemes.
 author: Flutter Team <flutter-dev@googlegroups.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/url_launcher/url_launcher
-version: 5.2.2
+version: 5.2.3
 
 flutter:
   plugin: