diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index 21e28710f27e..6939287b873f 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ PODS:
     - react-native-config/App (= 1.4.5)
   - react-native-config/App (1.4.5):
     - React-Core
-  - react-native-document-picker (7.1.1):
+  - react-native-document-picker (8.0.0):
     - React-Core
   - react-native-flipper (0.117.0):
     - React-Core
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-jsinspector: d0374f7509d407d2264168b6d0fad0b54e300b85
   React-logger: 933f80c97c633ee8965d609876848148e3fef438
   react-native-config: 6502b1879f97ed5ac570a029961fc35ea606cd14
-  react-native-document-picker: 0e3602a4064da040321bafad6848d8b0edcb1d55
+  react-native-document-picker: 429972f7ece4463aa5bcdd789622b3a674a3c5d1
   react-native-flipper: 169e8ba429b73ad637ce007337ce4b415e783799
   react-native-image-picker: 4089335b89b625d4e34d53fb249c48a7a791b3ea
   react-native-netinfo: 3a61a486f2329f5884753fd5bab21450a535d97c
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fd01c6a5a73c..ecfad2ab8b56 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -37020,9 +37020,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-5oiAsoW88SOYDg/0cleJ2vJDqv98FJUbFQYEnH4sdMtEn3AAT3lb7BkTGW8HO/t3Vk9VOruwxUUnO4tzuxzCsw=="
     },
     "react-native-document-picker": {
-      "version": "7.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-document-picker/-/react-native-document-picker-7.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lEgyfl+JbU/UCDu8UdagBrC5CC71WTfqCzWyGeALLZiXGHrCJo/5BMqWbAc9PSCeiqNMnFkjcybO/kws5gMkxA==",
+      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-document-picker/-/react-native-document-picker-8.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4O1FNOJHzfZ7BBFOJhNoeCKHSjthFtZyMEWJsAxX1ORdShGSa6miLvTHtQjpCDMNWSoPU1C7fXLNNPrv8GAarQ==",
       "requires": {
         "invariant": "^2.2.4"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6bffcf43131..b84c46146854 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "react-native": "0.66.4",
     "react-native-collapsible": "^1.6.0",
     "react-native-config": "^1.4.5",
-    "react-native-document-picker": "^7.1.1",
+    "react-native-document-picker": "^8.0.0",
     "react-native-fast-image": "^8.5.11",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "1.9.0",
     "react-native-google-places-autocomplete": "git+https://github.com/Expensify/react-native-google-places-autocomplete.git#3bbd17d63e6c38d38d857b50f6037c1c0376ff06",
diff --git a/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.js b/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.js
index 15cd8f4bba52..ef21eca8e61e 100644
--- a/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.js
+++ b/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.js
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ function getDataForUpload(fileData) {
         size: fileData.fileSize || fileData.size,
     };
 
-    // When the URI is lacking uri scheme - file upload would fail
-    // Prefixing the uri with `file://` fixes attachment upload on Android
-    const hasScheme = /^.+:\/\//.test(fileResult.uri);
-    if (!hasScheme) {
-        fileResult.uri = `file://${fileResult.uri}`;
-    }
-
     if (fileResult.size) {
         return Promise.resolve(fileResult);
     }