diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md
index f9d3543a92d4..1282ab6e20a9 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 2.0.11
+
+* Temporarily reverts the platform channel name change from 2.0.10 in order to
+  restore compatibility with Flutter versions earlier than 2.8.
+
 ## 2.0.10
 
 * Switches to a package-internal implementation of the platform interface.
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/pathprovider/PathProviderPlugin.java b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/pathprovider/PathProviderPlugin.java
index 278ff58b59dc..3ff2416527d0 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/pathprovider/PathProviderPlugin.java
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/pathprovider/PathProviderPlugin.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public void getApplicationSupportDirectory(@NonNull Result result) {
   public PathProviderPlugin() {}
 
   private void setup(BinaryMessenger messenger, Context context) {
-    String channelName = "plugins.flutter.io/path_provider_android";
+    String channelName = "plugins.flutter.io/path_provider";
     // TODO(gaaclarke): Remove reflection guard when https://github.com/flutter/engine/pull/29147
     // becomes available on the stable branch.
     try {
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart
index b0f3808d2859..281cc5141eda 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class PathProviderAndroid extends PathProviderPlatform {
   /// The method channel used to interact with the native platform.
   @visibleForTesting
   MethodChannel methodChannel =
-      const MethodChannel('plugins.flutter.io/path_provider_android');
+      const MethodChannel('plugins.flutter.io/path_provider');
 
   /// Registers this class as the default instance of [PathProviderPlatform].
   static void registerWith() {
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml
index 5664ebf7944c..393aef4cfd35 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: path_provider_android
 description: Android implementation of the path_provider plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+path_provider%22
-version: 2.0.10
+version: 2.0.11
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.14.0 <3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart
index d2f9682bf6d7..2388059f0b34 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ void main() {
       log.clear();
     });
 
+    // TODO(stuartmorgan): Change this to a test that it uses a different name,
+    // to avoid potential confusion, once the SDK is changed to 2.8+. See
+    // https://github.com/flutter/plugins/pull/4617#discussion_r774673962
+    test('channel name is compatible with shared method channel', () async {
+      expect(
+          pathProvider.methodChannel.name, 'plugins.flutter.io/path_provider');
+    });
+
     test('getTemporaryPath', () async {
       final String? path = await pathProvider.getTemporaryPath();
       expect(