diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
index d7bbc2bdecd..37790bd7f5b 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-## NEXT
+## 0.10.8+17
 
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.13/Dart 3.1.
 * Updates compileSdk version to 34.
+* Updates `README.md` to encourage developers to opt into `camera_android_camerax`.
 
 ## 0.10.8+16
 
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/README.md b/packages/camera/camera_android/README.md
index 509d5b88022..31f2d66ae4e 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/README.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 The Android implementation of [`camera`][1].
 
+*Note*: [`camera_android_camerax`][3] will become the default implementation of
+`camera` on Android by May 2024, so **we strongly encourage you to opt into it**
+by using [these instructions][4]. If any [limitations][5] of `camera_android_camerax`
+prevent you from using it or if you run into any problems, please report these
+issues under [`flutter/flutter`][5] with `[camerax]` in the title.
+
 ## Usage
 
 This package is [endorsed][2], which means you can simply use `camera`
@@ -13,3 +19,6 @@ should add it to your `pubspec.yaml` as usual.
 
 [1]: https://pub.dev/packages/camera
 [2]: https://flutter.dev/docs/development/packages-and-plugins/developing-packages#endorsed-federated-plugin
+[3]: https://pub.dev/packages/camera_android_camerax
+[4]: https://pub.dev/packages/camera_android_camerax#usage
+[5]: https://pub.dev/packages/camera_android_camerax#limitations
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
index 48a04d46ef3..fadf4b6bcc6 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Android implementation of the camera plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
 
-version: 0.10.8+16
+version: 0.10.8+17
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.1.0