diff --git a/packages/camera/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/CHANGELOG.md
index 81774679389d..fe5070d605e5 100644
--- a/packages/camera/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.5.8+8
+
+* Fixed garbled audio (in video) by setting audio encoding bitrate.
+
 ## 0.5.8+7
 
 * Keep handling deprecated Android v1 classes for backward compatibility.
diff --git a/packages/camera/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java b/packages/camera/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java
index 0fcda278d836..1f35200ebcfa 100644
--- a/packages/camera/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java
+++ b/packages/camera/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ private void prepareMediaRecorder(String outputFilePath) throws IOException {
     // There's a specific order that mediaRecorder expects. Do not change the order
     // of these function calls.
     if (enableAudio) mediaRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
+    if (enableAudio) mediaRecorder.setAudioEncodingBitRate(recordingProfile.audioBitRate);
     mediaRecorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.SURFACE);
     mediaRecorder.setOutputFormat(recordingProfile.fileFormat);
     if (enableAudio) mediaRecorder.setAudioEncoder(recordingProfile.audioCodec);
diff --git a/packages/camera/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/pubspec.yaml
index cbe1b1b6d9dd..64cae9be5ae3 100644
--- a/packages/camera/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: camera
 description: A Flutter plugin for getting information about and controlling the
   camera on Android and iOS. Supports previewing the camera feed, capturing images, capturing video,
   and streaming image buffers to dart.
-version: 0.5.8+7
+version: 0.5.8+8
 
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/camera