diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7196459..013871e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ## Changelog
+### Version 6.0.0-alpha3
+- Upgrade ExoPlayer to 2.18.1 [#2846](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2846)
 
 ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.2
 
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index a93e7599..16c54864 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:${safeExtGet('reactNativeVersion', '+')}"
-    implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:2.17.1') {
+    implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:2.18.1') {
         exclude group: 'com.android.support'
     }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "androidx.core:core:1.1.0"
     implementation "androidx.media:media:1.1.0"
 
-    implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:extension-okhttp:2.17.1') {
+    implementation('com.google.android.exoplayer:extension-okhttp:2.18.1') {
         exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
     }
     implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:${OKHTTP_VERSION}'
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
index 8c97298a..462d610c 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ExoPlayerView.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.PlaybackParameters;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Player;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayer;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Timeline;
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.TracksInfo;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Tracks;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.Cue;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.TrackSelectionArray;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.SubtitleView;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout {
 
         @Override
         public void onCues(List<Cue> cues) {
-            subtitleLayout.onCues(cues);
+            subtitleLayout.setCues(cues);
         }
 
         // ExoPlayer.VideoListener implementation
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public final class ExoPlayerView extends FrameLayout {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onTracksInfoChanged(TracksInfo tracksInfo) {
+        public void onTracksChanged(Tracks tracks) {
             updateForCurrentTrackSelections();
         }
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
index 9a334132..02899bbc 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.PlaybackParameters;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Player;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayer;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Timeline;
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.TracksInfo;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Tracks;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DefaultDrmSessionManager;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DefaultDrmSessionManagerProvider;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DrmSessionEventListener;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DrmSessionManager;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DrmSessionManagerProvider;
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.AdaptiveTrackSelection;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.DefaultTrackSelector;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.MappingTrackSelector;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.ExoTrackSelection;
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.TrackSelectionOverrides;
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.TrackSelectionOverrides.TrackSelectionOverride;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.TrackSelectionParameters;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.TrackSelectionOverride;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.PlayerControlView;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.BandwidthMeter;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DataSource;
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
 
     private void initializePlayerCore(ReactExoplayerView self) {
         ExoTrackSelection.Factory videoTrackSelectionFactory = new AdaptiveTrackSelection.Factory();
-        self.trackSelector = new DefaultTrackSelector(videoTrackSelectionFactory);
+        self.trackSelector = new DefaultTrackSelector(getContext(), videoTrackSelectionFactory);
         self.trackSelector.setParameters(trackSelector.buildUponParameters()
                 .setMaxVideoBitrate(maxBitRate == 0 ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : maxBitRate));
 
@@ -718,6 +719,8 @@ class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
                     return drmSessionManager;
                 }
             };
+        } else {
+            drmProvider = new DefaultDrmSessionManagerProvider();
         }
         switch (type) {
             case C.TYPE_SS:
@@ -1283,7 +1286,7 @@ class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onTracksInfoChanged(TracksInfo tracksInfo) {
+    public void onTracksChanged(Tracks tracks) {
         // Do nothing.
     }
 
@@ -1595,10 +1598,10 @@ class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
         TrackSelectionOverride selectionOverride = new TrackSelectionOverride(groups.get(groupIndex), tracks);
 
         DefaultTrackSelector.Parameters selectionParameters = trackSelector.getParameters()
-                .buildUpon()
-                .setRendererDisabled(rendererIndex, false)
-                .setTrackSelectionOverrides(new TrackSelectionOverrides.Builder().addOverride(selectionOverride).build())
-                .build();
+            .buildUpon()
+            .setRendererDisabled(rendererIndex, false)
+            .addOverride(selectionOverride)
+            .build();
         trackSelector.setParameters(selectionParameters);
     }