diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/native/index.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/native/index.native.js
index 26d39a0c6058b4..f9175d64a21904 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/native/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/native/index.native.js
@@ -312,15 +312,24 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		if ( this.shouldDropEventFromAztec( event, 'onChange' ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
+		const { eventCount, text, selectionStart, selectionEnd } =
+			event.nativeEvent;
+
+		// On Android backspacing after selection doesn't work as expected in some keyboards
+		// this makes sure to update the current selection the native AztecView has before merging.
+		if ( ! this.isIOS && selectionStart === 0 && selectionEnd === 0 ) {
+			this.selectionStart = selectionStart;
+			this.selectionEnd = selectionEnd;
+			this.props.onSelectionChange( selectionStart, selectionEnd );
+		}
 
-		const contentWithoutRootTag = this.removeRootTagsProducedByAztec(
-			event.nativeEvent.text
-		);
+		const contentWithoutRootTag =
+			this.removeRootTagsProducedByAztec( text );
 		// On iOS, onChange can be triggered after selection changes, even though there are no content changes.
 		if ( contentWithoutRootTag === this.value?.toString() ) {
 			return;
 		}
-		this.lastEventCount = event.nativeEvent.eventCount;
+		this.lastEventCount = eventCount;
 		this.comesFromAztec = true;
 		this.firedAfterTextChanged = true; // The onChange event always fires after the fact.
 		this.onTextUpdate( event );
diff --git a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle
index 45312e89f0b9d9..9b1c886b3388fb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
         espressoVersion = '3.0.1'
 
         // libs
-        aztecVersion = 'v2.1.2'
+        aztecVersion = '1077-fac06be6604f8cb24d34878c9961fa8503fd0e33'
         wordpressUtilsVersion = '3.3.0'
 
         // main
diff --git a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/AztecReactTextChangedEvent.kt b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/AztecReactTextChangedEvent.kt
index 1cf6afdf7b1f3b..9e7c7c87d535db 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/AztecReactTextChangedEvent.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/AztecReactTextChangedEvent.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class AztecReactTextChangedEvent(
     viewId: Int,
     private val mText: String,
     private val mEventCount: Int,
-    private val mMostRecentChar: Char?
+    private val mMostRecentChar: Char?,
+    private val mSelectionStart: Int,
+    private val mSelectionEnd: Int
 ) : Event<AztecReactTextChangedEvent>(viewId) {
 
     override fun getEventName(): String = "topAztecChange"
@@ -30,5 +32,7 @@ class AztecReactTextChangedEvent(
                 if (mMostRecentChar != null) {
                     putInt("keyCode", mMostRecentChar.toInt())
                 }
+                putInt("selectionStart", mSelectionStart)
+                putInt("selectionEnd", mSelectionEnd)
             }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java
index ed2a0284c17822..62750c00517cf9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java
@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@ public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
                                 mEditText.getId(),
                                 mEditText.toHtml(mEditText.getText(), false),
                                 currentEventCount,
-                                singleCharacterHasBeenAdded ? s.charAt(start + before) : null));
+                                singleCharacterHasBeenAdded ? s.charAt(start + before) : null,
+                                mEditText.getSelectionStart(),
+                                mEditText.getSelectionStart()));
 
                 mEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
                         new ReactTextInputEvent(
diff --git a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java
index e55f27d63b529f..1fd54cc35e3002 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-aztec/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ public ReactAztecText(ThemedReactContext reactContext) {
 
         setGutenbergMode(true);
 
+        removeEndOfBufferMarkerAdder();
+
         // don't auto-focus when Aztec becomes visible.
         // Needed on rotation and multiple Aztec instances to avoid losing the exact care position.
         setFocusOnVisible(false);