diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 10fe372b7..f9b30d4b6 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2663,12 +2663,20 @@ func (a *apexBundle) checkStaticLinkingToStubLibraries(ctx android.ModuleContext
 	})
 }
 
+// TODO (b/221087384): Remove this allowlist
+var (
+	updatableApexesWithCurrentMinSdkVersionAllowlist = []string{"com.android.profiling"}
+)
+
 // checkUpdatable enforces APEX and its transitive dep properties to have desired values for updatable APEXes.
 func (a *apexBundle) checkUpdatable(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	if a.Updatable() {
 		if a.minSdkVersionValue(ctx) == "" {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("updatable", "updatable APEXes should set min_sdk_version as well")
 		}
+		if a.minSdkVersion(ctx).IsCurrent() && !android.InList(ctx.ModuleName(), updatableApexesWithCurrentMinSdkVersionAllowlist) {
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("updatable", "updatable APEXes should not set min_sdk_version to current. Please use a finalized API level or a recognized in-development codename")
+		}
 		if a.UsePlatformApis() {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("updatable", "updatable APEXes can't use platform APIs")
 		}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 15c713b46..a2dbbfc35 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -11721,3 +11721,20 @@ func TestOverrideApexWithPrebuiltApexPreferred(t *testing.T) {
 
 	java.CheckModuleHasDependency(t, res.TestContext, "myoverrideapex", "android_common_myoverrideapex_myoverrideapex", "foo")
 }
+
+func TestUpdatableApexMinSdkVersionCurrent(t *testing.T) {
+	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: updatable: updatable APEXes should not set min_sdk_version to current. Please use a finalized API level or a recognized in-development codename`, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			updatable: true,
+			min_sdk_version: "current",
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+	`)
+}