diff --git a/packages/gamepads/lib/src/mappings/android_mapping.dart b/packages/gamepads/lib/src/mappings/android_mapping.dart
index f1e865b4f..f57344b6e 100644
--- a/packages/gamepads/lib/src/mappings/android_mapping.dart
+++ b/packages/gamepads/lib/src/mappings/android_mapping.dart
@@ -78,12 +78,15 @@ class AndroidMapping extends PlatformMapping {
       ];
     }
     if (key == _dpadYAxis) {
+      // gamepads_android's EventListener already inverts AXIS_HAT_Y, so the
+      // value reaching here follows up = +1.0, down = -1.0 (the opposite of
+      // Android's native AXIS_HAT_Y convention). See issue #123.
       return [
         NormalizedButton(
           GamepadButton.dpadDown,
-          value > 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0,
+          value < 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0,
         ),
-        NormalizedButton(GamepadButton.dpadUp, value < 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0),
+        NormalizedButton(GamepadButton.dpadUp, value > 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0),
       ];
     }
     return const [];
diff --git a/packages/gamepads/test/mappings_test.dart b/packages/gamepads/test/mappings_test.dart
index 739eb8267..4e836456e 100644
--- a/packages/gamepads/test/mappings_test.dart
+++ b/packages/gamepads/test/mappings_test.dart
@@ -245,8 +245,16 @@ void main() {
       expect(right[1].button, GamepadButton.dpadRight);
       expect(right[1].value, 1.0);
 
-      // Android hat Y: positive = down
-      final down = mapping.normalizeDpadAxis('AXIS_HAT_Y', 1.0);
+      // gamepads_android's EventListener inverts AXIS_HAT_Y before it reaches
+      // the mapping, so +1.0 = up and -1.0 = down here (regression for #123:
+      // pressing up must emit dpadUp, not dpadDown).
+      final up = mapping.normalizeDpadAxis('AXIS_HAT_Y', 1.0);
+      expect(up[0].button, GamepadButton.dpadDown);
+      expect(up[0].value, 0.0);
+      expect(up[1].button, GamepadButton.dpadUp);
+      expect(up[1].value, 1.0);
+
+      final down = mapping.normalizeDpadAxis('AXIS_HAT_Y', -1.0);
       expect(down[0].button, GamepadButton.dpadDown);
       expect(down[0].value, 1.0);
       expect(down[1].button, GamepadButton.dpadUp);