diff --git a/packages/core/src/carrier.ts b/packages/core/src/carrier.ts
index ebdfd8945b66..4ecd8838fec8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/carrier.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/carrier.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type VersionedCarrier = {
 /**
  * IMPORTANT - This must be updated if any breaking changes are made to the 'SentryCarrier' interface.
  */
-const CARRIER_VERSION = '9';
+export const CARRIER_VERSION = '9';
 
 export interface SentryCarrier {
   acs?: AsyncContextStrategy;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts
index 19ebc8117ca4..f3fbacef37ed 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/carrier.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getSentryCarrier } from '../../src/carrier';
-import { SDK_VERSION } from '../../src/utils-hoist/version';
+import { CARRIER_VERSION } from '../../src/carrier';
 
 describe('getSentryCarrier', () => {
   describe('base case (one SDK)', () => {
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ describe('getSentryCarrier', () => {
 
       expect(globalObject).toEqual({
         __SENTRY__: {
-          version: SDK_VERSION,
-          [SDK_VERSION]: {},
+          version: CARRIER_VERSION,
+          [CARRIER_VERSION]: {},
         },
       });
     });
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ describe('getSentryCarrier', () => {
     it('returns the existing sentry carrier object if it already exists', () => {
       const originalGlobalObject = {
         __SENTRY__: {
-          version: SDK_VERSION,
-          [SDK_VERSION]: {
+          version: CARRIER_VERSION,
+          [CARRIER_VERSION]: {
             acs: {},
           },
         },
@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ 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', // another SDK set this
           '8.0.0': {
+            // @ts-expect-error - this is just a test object
             stack: {},
           },
-          [SDK_VERSION]: {
+          [CARRIER_VERSION]: {
+            // @ts-expect-error - this is just a test object
             acs: {},
           },
           hub: {},
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ describe('getSentryCarrier', () => {
           '8.0.0': {
             acs: {},
           },
-          [SDK_VERSION]: {},
+          [CARRIER_VERSION]: {},
         },
       });
     });