diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
index 024836d6f43e..f2417fb20645 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## NEXT
+## 0.10.0+2
 
+* Removes call to `join` on the camera's background `HandlerThread`.
 * Updates minimum Flutter version to 2.10.
 
 ## 0.10.0+1
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java b/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java
index 401963c91374..3d2df98b60da 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/Camera.java
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ class Camera
 
   /** An additional thread for running tasks that shouldn't block the UI. */
   private HandlerThread backgroundHandlerThread;
-  /** True when backgroundHandlerThread is in the process of being stopped. */
-  private boolean stoppingBackgroundHandlerThread = false;
 
   private CameraDeviceWrapper cameraDevice;
   private CameraCaptureSession captureSession;
@@ -671,21 +669,11 @@ public void startBackgroundThread() {
 
   /** Stops the background thread and its {@link Handler}. */
   public void stopBackgroundThread() {
-    if (stoppingBackgroundHandlerThread) {
-      return;
-    }
     if (backgroundHandlerThread != null) {
-      stoppingBackgroundHandlerThread = true;
       backgroundHandlerThread.quitSafely();
-      try {
-        backgroundHandlerThread.join();
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        dartMessenger.error(flutterResult, "cameraAccess", e.getMessage(), null);
-      }
     }
     backgroundHandlerThread = null;
     backgroundHandler = null;
-    stoppingBackgroundHandlerThread = false;
   }
 
   /** Start capturing a picture, doing autofocus first. */
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/CameraTest.java b/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/CameraTest.java
index b85b685ca90b..9a679017ded2 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/CameraTest.java
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/camera/CameraTest.java
@@ -838,25 +838,12 @@ public void startBackgroundThread_shouldNotStartNewThreadWhenAlreadyCreated() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void stopBackgroundThread_cancelsDuplicateCalls() throws InterruptedException {
-    TestUtils.setPrivateField(camera, "stoppingBackgroundHandlerThread", true);
-
-    camera.startBackgroundThread();
-    camera.stopBackgroundThread();
-
-    verify(mockHandlerThread, never()).quitSafely();
-    verify(mockHandlerThread, never()).join();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void stopBackgroundThread_proceedsWithoutDuplicateCall() throws InterruptedException {
-    TestUtils.setPrivateField(camera, "stoppingBackgroundHandlerThread", false);
-
+  public void stopBackgroundThread_quitsSafely() throws InterruptedException {
     camera.startBackgroundThread();
     camera.stopBackgroundThread();
 
     verify(mockHandlerThread).quitSafely();
-    verify(mockHandlerThread).join();
+    verify(mockHandlerThread, never()).join();
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
index afb40dee33c5..9f5a2f2b9c16 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: camera_android
 description: Android implementation of the camera plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
-version: 0.10.0+1
+version: 0.10.0+2
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.14.0 <3.0.0"