diff --git a/.external b/.external
index 37623a8713d..0e5518fbbef 100644
--- a/.external
+++ b/.external
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-xamarin/monodroid:release/8.0.1xx-rc1@6e57bd3ec72330e20d59380717b09e56322d2ef8
+xamarin/monodroid:release/8.0.1xx-rc1@2a6cc06bcfb22f1b3686b9882e9247623636bd4d
 mono/mono:2020-02@6dd9def57ce969ca04a0ecd9ef72c0a8f069112d