www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html points to an older release
I am using an open-source app installer Obtanium (https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium) which has special support for downloading VLC releases from the origin.
I have noticed that no matter what, it stubbornly refused to offer anything else but 3.5.4 release of VLC. After looking at the code I have found that this installer actually scraps the following URL:
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html
and looks for the link to the APK file to confirm the latest version. While I think this is not the best idea to detect the latest version this way, it would help if the contents of this page is refreshed :)
Thanks!