diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile.template b/templates/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile.template
index 26aa36f727a..150db6f8996 100644
--- a/templates/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile.template
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
   ENV ANDROID_HOME /opt/android-sdk
   RUN yes | $ANDROID_SDK_PATH/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses  # accept all licenses
 
+  # Install Android NDK & CMake
+  # This is not required but desirable to reduce the time to download and the chance of download failure.
+  RUN mkdir -p ~/.android && touch ~/.android/repositories.cfg
+  RUN $ANDROID_SDK_PATH/tools/bin/sdkmanager 'ndk;25.1.8937393' 'cmake;3.10.2.4988404'
+
   # Install gcloud
   RUN curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-407.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && ${'\\'}
       tar -xf google-cloud-cli-407.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && ${'\\'}
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk.current_version b/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk.current_version
index dbdacb00563..2dd597c78da 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk.current_version
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk.current_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/android_ndk:47e2befd3ceab97fa3e8ad5b8499b684380d624d@sha256:256ff2bb8fd6c6921cd7653f79fa495669c6466f78df96f71867f89f6d487ff3
\ No newline at end of file
+us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/android_ndk:b21742719ae22d6ac607d98b4a8d794cebe68542@sha256:2bddf36ae504968b35f97e4a6c9b74864473689e84049675c30afb70f868d897
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile
index 4be2803dc71..83e6cc79c1a 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/android_ndk/Dockerfile
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ ENV ANDROID_SDK_PATH /opt/android-sdk
 ENV ANDROID_HOME /opt/android-sdk
 RUN yes | $ANDROID_SDK_PATH/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses  # accept all licenses
 
+# Install Android NDK & CMake
+# This is not required but desirable to reduce the time to download and the chance of download failure.
+RUN mkdir -p ~/.android && touch ~/.android/repositories.cfg
+RUN $ANDROID_SDK_PATH/tools/bin/sdkmanager 'ndk;25.1.8937393' 'cmake;3.10.2.4988404'
+
 # Install gcloud
 RUN curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-407.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
     tar -xf google-cloud-cli-407.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \