diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 72d572c01e5c..cd358158b2ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ env:
     ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/*/build
     ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/ember/*.d.ts
     ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/gatsby/*.d.ts
-    ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/core/src/version.ts
     ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/utils/cjs
     ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/utils/esm
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts
index 3c94c96b98c1..6e846d496ea5 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts
@@ -42,14 +42,13 @@ describe('getSentryCarrier', () => {
   describe('multiple (older) SDKs', () => {
     it("returns the version of the sentry carrier object of the SDK's version rather than the one set in .version", () => {
       const sentryCarrier = getSentryCarrier({
+        // @ts-expect-error - this is just a test object
         __SENTRY__: {
-          version: '8.0.0' as const, // another SDK set this
+          version: '8.0.0', // another SDK set this
           '8.0.0': {
-            // @ts-expect-error - this is just a test object, not passing a full stack
             stack: {},
           },
           [SDK_VERSION]: {
-            // @ts-expect-error - this is just a test object, not passing a full ACS
             acs: {},
           },
           hub: {},
diff --git a/packages/utils/.eslintrc.js b/packages/utils/.eslintrc.js
index 35c6aab563f5..604db95b9dbe 100644
--- a/packages/utils/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/utils/.eslintrc.js
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   ],
   // symlinks to the folders inside of `build`, created to simulate what's in the npm package
-  ignorePatterns: ['cjs/**', 'esm/**'],
+  ignorePatterns: ['cjs/**', 'esm/**', 'rollup.npm.config.mjs'],
 };
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index ed4493a2a98b..3ef330009ccc 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --format stylish",
     "test": "jest",
     "test:watch": "jest --watch",
-    "version": "node ../../scripts/versionbump.js src/version.ts",
     "yalc:publish": "yalc publish --push --sig"
   },
   "volta": {
diff --git a/packages/utils/rollup.npm.config.mjs b/packages/utils/rollup.npm.config.mjs
index d28a7a6f54a0..8e219b3c2d9b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/rollup.npm.config.mjs
+++ b/packages/utils/rollup.npm.config.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace';
 import { makeBaseNPMConfig, makeNPMConfigVariants } from '@sentry-internal/rollup-utils';
+import packageJson from './package.json' with { type: 'json' };
 
 export default makeNPMConfigVariants(
   makeBaseNPMConfig({
@@ -12,6 +14,14 @@ export default makeNPMConfigVariants(
             ? true
             : Boolean(process.env.SENTRY_BUILD_PRESERVE_MODULES),
       },
+      plugins: [
+        replace({
+          preventAssignment: true,
+          values: {
+            __SENTRY_SDK_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(packageJson.version),
+          },
+        }),
+      ],
     },
   }),
 );
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/version.ts b/packages/utils/src/version.ts
index 79596a866885..c4f3fcfb8363 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/version.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-export const SDK_VERSION = '8.38.0';
+// This is a magic string replaced by rollup
+declare const __SENTRY_SDK_VERSION__: string;
+
+export const SDK_VERSION = typeof __SENTRY_SDK_VERSION__ === 'string' ? __SENTRY_SDK_VERSION__ : '0.0.0-unknown.0';
diff --git a/scripts/versionbump.js b/scripts/versionbump.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 931df2a7829c..000000000000
--- a/scripts/versionbump.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-const { readFile, writeFile } = require('node:fs').promises;
-const pjson = require(`${process.cwd()}/package.json`);
-
-const REPLACE_REGEX = /\d+\.\d+.\d+(?:-\w+(?:\.\w+)?)?/g;
-
-async function run() {
-  const files = process.argv.slice(2);
-  if (files.length === 0) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error('[versionbump] Please provide files to bump');
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    await Promise.all(
-      files.map(async file => {
-        const data = String(await readFile(file, 'utf8'));
-        await writeFile(file, data.replace(REPLACE_REGEX, pjson.version));
-      }),
-    );
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(`[versionbump] Bumped version for ${files.join(', ')}`);
-  } catch (error) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error('[versionbump] Error occurred:', error);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
-
-run();