diff --git a/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml b/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml
index 67fc1faba0..ffa621833d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       caller_ref: ${{ github.ref }}
 
   build-ios:
-    name: Build ${{ matrix.rn-architecture }} ios ${{ matrix.build-type }} ${{ matrix.ios-use-frameworks }} ${{ matrix.sentry-consumption }}
+    name: Build ${{ matrix.rn-architecture }} ios ${{ matrix.build-type }} ${{ matrix.ios-use-frameworks }}
     runs-on: macos-26-xlarge
     needs: [diff_check, detect-changes]
     if: >-
@@ -60,16 +60,11 @@ jobs:
         rn-architecture: ["new"]
         ios-use-frameworks: ["no-frameworks"]
         build-type: ["dev", "production"]
-        sentry-consumption: ["xcframework"]
-        # `xcframework` is the default: RNSentry vendors a prebuilt
-        # `Sentry-Dynamic.xcframework` downloaded from sentry-cocoa's release.
-        # Keep a single CocoaPods job to catch regressions in the source-build
-        # fallback (`SENTRY_USE_XCFRAMEWORK=0`).
-        include:
-          - rn-architecture: "new"
-            ios-use-frameworks: "no-frameworks"
-            build-type: "production"
-            sentry-consumption: "cocoapods"
+        # RNSentry vendors a prebuilt `Sentry.xcframework` downloaded from
+        # sentry-cocoa's release. sentry-cocoa dropped CocoaPods (trunk)
+        # support after 9.19.1, so the source-build fallback
+        # (`SENTRY_USE_XCFRAMEWORK=0`) can no longer resolve newer versions
+        # and is not exercised here.
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
@@ -105,7 +100,6 @@ jobs:
           [[ "${{ matrix.build-type }}" == "production" ]] && export ENABLE_PROD=1 || export ENABLE_PROD=0
           [[ "${{ matrix.rn-architecture }}" == "new" ]] && export ENABLE_NEW_ARCH=1 || export ENABLE_NEW_ARCH=0
           [[ "${{ matrix.ios-use-frameworks }}" == "dynamic-frameworks" ]] && export USE_FRAMEWORKS=dynamic
-          [[ "${{ matrix.sentry-consumption }}" == "cocoapods" ]] && export SENTRY_USE_XCFRAMEWORK=0
 
           ./scripts/pod-install.sh
 
@@ -123,10 +117,7 @@ jobs:
           ./scripts/build-ios.sh
 
       - name: Archive iOS App
-        # Only upload from the xcframework job (the default consumption path)
-        # to avoid duplicate artifact names when the CocoaPods regression job
-        # runs.
-        if: ${{ matrix.rn-architecture == 'new' && matrix.build-type == 'production' && matrix.ios-use-frameworks == 'no-frameworks' && matrix.sentry-consumption == 'xcframework' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.rn-architecture == 'new' && matrix.build-type == 'production' && matrix.ios-use-frameworks == 'no-frameworks' }}
         working-directory: ${{ env.REACT_NATIVE_SAMPLE_PATH }}
         run: |
           zip -r \
@@ -134,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
             sentryreactnativesample.app
 
       - name: Upload iOS APP
-        if: ${{ matrix.rn-architecture == 'new' && matrix.build-type == 'production' && matrix.ios-use-frameworks == 'no-frameworks' && matrix.sentry-consumption == 'xcframework' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.rn-architecture == 'new' && matrix.build-type == 'production' && matrix.ios-use-frameworks == 'no-frameworks' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
         with:
           name: sample-rn-${{ matrix.rn-architecture }}-${{ matrix.build-type }}-${{ matrix.ios-use-frameworks}}-ios
@@ -145,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ always() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
         with:
-          name: build-sample-${{ matrix.rn-architecture }}-ios-${{ matrix.build-type }}-${{ matrix.ios-use-frameworks}}-${{ matrix.sentry-consumption }}-logs
+          name: build-sample-${{ matrix.rn-architecture }}-ios-${{ matrix.build-type }}-${{ matrix.ios-use-frameworks}}-logs
           path: ${{ env.REACT_NATIVE_SAMPLE_PATH }}/ios/*.log
 
   build-android:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17a13c1b36..02472958cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 - Bump Android SDK from v8.49.0 to v8.50.1 ([#6503](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6503))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8501)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.49.0...8.50.1)
+- Bump Cocoa SDK from v9.19.1 to v9.23.0 ([#6409](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6409))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#9230)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/compare/9.19.1...9.23.0)
 
 ## 8.20.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec b/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
index 4162b140dd..40d06dedee 100644
--- a/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
+++ b/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     'DEFINES_MODULE' => 'YES'
   }
 
-  sentry_cocoa_version = '9.19.1'
+  sentry_cocoa_version = '9.23.0'
 
   # Consume sentry-cocoa as a prebuilt `Sentry.xcframework` by default.
   #
diff --git a/packages/core/scripts/sentry_utils.rb b/packages/core/scripts/sentry_utils.rb
index 43a778c019..47e4fb6d46 100644
--- a/packages/core/scripts/sentry_utils.rb
+++ b/packages/core/scripts/sentry_utils.rb
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ def is_new_hermes_runtime(rn_version)
   # `Sentry` module. `Sentry-Dynamic.xcframework` would ship the same
   # `Sentry.framework` inside but under a mismatched enclosing name, so
   # CocoaPods generates `-framework Sentry-Dynamic` and fails at link.
-  '9.19.1' => {
-    'Sentry' => 'd6d545af17e49851cda2747b0f45cde78ce08ea37709dde5a956c6b4671224e8',
+  '9.23.0' => {
+    'Sentry' => 'e16f1fb6333f572e980be28d2a9e1ea20a08c2c91b7901d612ff6cee2af697cf',
   },
 }.freeze