diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f9c3c2a36c4..be0982077530 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.6.19
+
+* Changes target rotation of captured images to current default display rotation to fix captured
+  photo orientation to upright.
+
 ## 0.6.18+3
 
 * Fixes incorrect camera preview mirroring for front cameras of devices using the Impeller backend.
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart
index 795a87472278..e52435b3b100 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ class AndroidCameraCameraX extends CameraPlatform {
     // Configure ImageCapture instance.
     imageCapture = proxy.newImageCapture(
       resolutionSelector: presetResolutionSelector,
-      /* use CameraX default target rotation */ targetRotation: null,
+      /* use CameraX default target rotation */ targetRotation:
+          await deviceOrientationManager.getDefaultDisplayRotation(),
     );
 
     // Configure ImageAnalysis instance.
@@ -966,9 +967,9 @@ class AndroidCameraCameraX extends CameraPlatform {
       await imageCapture!.setFlashMode(CameraXFlashMode.off);
     }
 
-    // Set target rotation to default CameraX rotation only if capture
-    // orientation not locked.
-    if (!captureOrientationLocked && shouldSetDefaultRotation) {
+    // Set target rotation to the current default CameraX rotation if
+    // the capture orientation is not locked.
+    if (!captureOrientationLocked) {
       await imageCapture!.setTargetRotation(
         await deviceOrientationManager.getDefaultDisplayRotation(),
       );
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml
index 0bf7e8a986a5..09d8688b3231 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: camera_android_camerax
 description: Android implementation of the camera plugin using the CameraX library.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
-version: 0.6.18+3
+version: 0.6.19
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.7.0
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart
index 6618e45f26f7..6b2535cf437e 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart
@@ -3488,7 +3488,7 @@ void main() {
   );
 
   test(
-    'takePicture sets ImageCapture target rotation to currrent photo rotation when orientation unlocked',
+    'takePicture sets ImageCapture target rotation as expected when orientation locked or unlocked',
     () async {
       final AndroidCameraCameraX camera = AndroidCameraCameraX();
       final MockImageCapture mockImageCapture = MockImageCapture();
@@ -3531,7 +3531,7 @@ void main() {
       // Orientation is unlocked and plugin does not need to set default target
       // rotation manually.
       await camera.takePicture(cameraId);
-      verifyNever(mockImageCapture.setTargetRotation(any));
+      verify(mockImageCapture.setTargetRotation(defaultTargetRotation));
 
       // Orientation is locked and plugin does not need to set default target
       // rotation manually.