diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3b27c9e49..506ed31ad1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- Opt-in: consume sentry-cocoa via Swift Package Manager. Set `SENTRY_USE_SPM=1` before `pod install` to pull `Sentry` from sentry-cocoa's SPM package as a binary xcframework instead of the CocoaPods source build ([#6182](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6182))
 - Add `disableAutoUpload` option to Expo plugin to disable source map and debug symbol uploads ([#6195](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6195))
 - Expose `pauseAppHangTracking` and `resumeAppHangTracking` APIs on iOS ([#6192](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6192))
 - Better route and dynamic param extraction for Expo Router ([#6197](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6197))
diff --git a/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec b/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
index 45d6338214..228a947517 100644
--- a/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
+++ b/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
@@ -50,7 +50,31 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     'DEFINES_MODULE' => 'YES'
   }
 
-  s.dependency 'Sentry', '9.14.0'
+  sentry_cocoa_version = '9.14.0'
+
+  # Opt-in to consuming sentry-cocoa via Swift Package Manager.
+  # When `SENTRY_USE_SPM=1` is set, RNSentry pulls `Sentry` from the
+  # sentry-cocoa SPM package as a binary xcframework instead of from
+  # the Sentry CocoaPods source build. Defaults to CocoaPods consumption
+  # for backward compatibility with the full RN version range we support.
+  #
+  # Requires React Native >= 0.75 because the SPM helper
+  # (`react-native/scripts/cocoapods/spm.rb`) is loaded transitively from
+  # the Podfile via `react_native_pods.rb`.
+  if ENV['SENTRY_USE_SPM'] == '1'
+    unless defined?(SPM) && SPM.respond_to?(:dependency)
+      raise 'SENTRY_USE_SPM=1 is set but the SPM helper is not loaded. ' \
+            'This requires React Native >= 0.75 and a Podfile that imports ' \
+            'react_native_pods.rb.'
+    end
+    SPM.dependency(s,
+      url: 'https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa',
+      requirement: { kind: 'exactVersion', version: sentry_cocoa_version },
+      products: ['Sentry']
+    )
+  else
+    s.dependency 'Sentry', sentry_cocoa_version
+  end
 
   if defined? install_modules_dependencies
     # Default React Native dependencies for 0.71 and above (new and legacy architecture)
diff --git a/scripts/update-cocoa.sh b/scripts/update-cocoa.sh
index 7d2a5ce0ed..ed6f2e2919 100755
--- a/scripts/update-cocoa.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-cocoa.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 file="$(dirname "$0")/../packages/core/RNSentry.podspec"
 content=$(cat $file)
-regex="('Sentry', *)'([0-9\.]+)'"
+regex="(sentry_cocoa_version *= *)'([0-9\.]+)'"
 if ! [[ $content =~ $regex ]]; then
     echo "Failed to find the plugin version in $file"
     exit 1