diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3147923cf9..8ab951e197 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Don't crash the iOS app when Sentry is initialized with an invalid DSN ([#6825](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6825))
 - Populate the Hermes runtime version on JS profiles instead of sending an empty value ([#6817](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6817))
 - Mark `@sentry/react-native` as side-effect free so bundlers can tree-shake unused exports ([#6829](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6829))
+- Resolve `@sentry/react-native` from the Android project directory in the Expo plugin `build.gradle` line, instead of the directory where Gradle started ([#6840](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6840))
 
 ## 8.29.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroid.ts b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroid.ts
index 97478b01ec..18058ccbda 100644
--- a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroid.ts
+++ b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryAndroid.ts
@@ -33,14 +33,24 @@ export const withSentryAndroid: ConfigPlugin<{
   ]);
 };
 
-const resolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPath =
-  '["node", "--print", "require(\'path\').dirname(require.resolve(\'@sentry/react-native/package.json\'))"].execute().text.trim()';
+const resolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPathCommand =
+  '["node", "--print", "require(\'path\').dirname(require.resolve(\'@sentry/react-native/package.json\'))"]';
+const resolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPath = `${resolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPathCommand}.execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()`;
+// Without a working directory, node resolves the package from the directory where Gradle started.
+const legacyResolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPath = `${resolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPathCommand}.execute().text.trim()`;
 
 /**
  * Writes to projectDirectory/android/app/build.gradle,
  * adding the relevant @sentry/react-native script.
  */
 export function modifyAppBuildGradle(buildGradle: string, disableAutoUpload: boolean = false): string {
+  if (buildGradle.includes(legacyResolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPath)) {
+    return modifyAppBuildGradle(
+      buildGradle.split(legacyResolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPath).join(resolveSentryReactNativePackageJsonPath),
+      disableAutoUpload,
+    );
+  }
+
   if (buildGradle.includes('sentry.gradle.kts')) {
     if (disableAutoUpload && !buildGradle.includes('shouldSentryAutoUploadGeneral')) {
       return buildGradle.replace(
diff --git a/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyAppBuildGradle.test.ts b/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyAppBuildGradle.test.ts
index 53d91b6af9..5c3c18d19c 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyAppBuildGradle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyAppBuildGradle.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { modifyAppBuildGradle } from '../../plugin/src/withSentryAndroid';
 jest.mock('../../plugin/src/logger');
 
 const buildGradleWithSentry = `
-apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute().text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
+apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
 
 android {
 }
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ android {
 `;
 
 const monoRepoBuildGradleWithSentry = `
-apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute().text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
+apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
 
 android {
 }
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ android {
 `;
 
 const buildGradleWithOldSentryGradle = `
-apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute().text.trim(), "sentry.gradle")
+apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "sentry.gradle")
+
+android {
+}
+`;
+
+const buildGradleWithLegacyResolve = `
+apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute().text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
 
 android {
 }
@@ -65,6 +72,26 @@ describe('Configures Android native project correctly', () => {
     expect(modifyAppBuildGradle(buildGradleWithOldSentryGradle)).toStrictEqual(buildGradleWithSentry);
   });
 
+  it('Resolves @sentry/react-native from the Gradle root project directory', () => {
+    expect(modifyAppBuildGradle(buildGradleWithOutSentry)).toContain('.execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()');
+  });
+
+  it('Migrates the legacy resolve without a working directory to rootDir', () => {
+    expect(modifyAppBuildGradle(buildGradleWithLegacyResolve)).toStrictEqual(buildGradleWithSentry);
+  });
+
+  it('Migrates the legacy resolve and old sentry.gradle reference in one pass', () => {
+    const legacy = buildGradleWithLegacyResolve.replace('sentry.gradle.kts', 'sentry.gradle');
+    expect(modifyAppBuildGradle(legacy)).toStrictEqual(buildGradleWithSentry);
+  });
+
+  it('Migrates the legacy resolve and applies disableAutoUpload in one pass', () => {
+    const result = modifyAppBuildGradle(buildGradleWithLegacyResolve, true);
+    expect(result).not.toContain('.execute().text.trim()');
+    expect(result).toContain('.execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()');
+    expect(result).toContain('project.ext.shouldSentryAutoUploadGeneral = { -> return false }');
+  });
+
   it('Migrates old sentry.gradle and applies disableAutoUpload in one pass', () => {
     const result = modifyAppBuildGradle(buildGradleWithOldSentryGradle, true);
     expect(result).toContain('sentry.gradle.kts');
@@ -102,7 +129,7 @@ describe('Configures Android native project correctly', () => {
 
   it('Does not duplicate override if already present', () => {
     const gradleWithOverride = `
-apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute().text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
+apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
 project.ext.shouldSentryAutoUploadGeneral = { -> return false }
 
 android {
@@ -114,7 +141,7 @@ android {
 
   it('Removes override when toggling disableAutoUpload back to false', () => {
     const gradleWithOverride = `
-apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute().text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
+apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json'))"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "sentry.gradle.kts")
 project.ext.shouldSentryAutoUploadGeneral = { -> return false }
 
 android {