diff --git a/adb/apex/Android.bp b/adb/apex/Android.bp
index 01894552a..4346f6778 100644
--- a/adb/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/adb/apex/Android.bp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 apex_defaults {
     name: "com.android.adbd-defaults",
+    updatable: true,
 
     binaries: ["adbd"],
     compile_multilib: "both",