diff --git a/packages/image_picker/image_picker_android/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/packages/image_picker/image_picker_android/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
index 317af1d1a371..8650a58346e2 100644
--- a/packages/image_picker/image_picker_android/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/packages/image_picker/image_picker_android/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
          to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
-    <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
+    <!-- The network security config is needed for Espresso testing since it
+         uses http cleartext traffic. 
+    -->
+    <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config">
         <activity
             android:name=".ImagePickerTestActivity"
             android:launchMode="singleTop"
@@ -25,5 +28,7 @@
             android:authorities="dummy"
             android:name=".DummyContentProvider"
             android:exported="true"/>
+        <meta-data android:name="io.flutter.network-policy"
+            android:resource="@xml/network_security_config"/>
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/packages/image_picker/image_picker_android/example/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml b/packages/image_picker/image_picker_android/example/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3032fe019b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/image_picker/image_picker_android/example/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<network-security-config>
+    <!-- Cleartext is needed for Espresso testing. -->
+    <base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
+    </base-config>
+</network-security-config>