diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ced94d7089..0aebaa10f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 - Bump Android SDK from v8.43.0 to v8.43.1 ([#6253](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6253))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8431)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.43.0...8.43.1)
+- Bump Cocoa SDK from v9.15.0 to v9.16.1 ([#6252](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6252))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#9161)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/compare/9.15.0...9.16.1)
 
 ## 8.13.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec b/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
index dc7690480b..514389d7df 100644
--- a/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
+++ b/packages/core/RNSentry.podspec
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     'DEFINES_MODULE' => 'YES'
   }
 
-  sentry_cocoa_version = '9.15.0'
+  sentry_cocoa_version = '9.16.1'
 
   # Opt-in to consuming sentry-cocoa via Swift Package Manager.
   # When `SENTRY_USE_SPM=1` is set, RNSentry pulls `Sentry` from the