diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildandtest.yml b/.github/workflows/buildandtest.yml
index 41b892e9a5..fbd43ab0af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildandtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildandtest.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
           name: ts3.8
           path: packages/core/ts3.8
       - name: Install Global Dependencies
-        run: npm i -g add yalc
+        run: npm i -g yalc
       - name: Type Check
         working-directory: dev-packages/type-check
         run: yarn type-check
diff --git a/dev-packages/type-check/run-type-check.sh b/dev-packages/type-check/run-type-check.sh
index 041cf231e8..71920eff8a 100755
--- a/dev-packages/type-check/run-type-check.sh
+++ b/dev-packages/type-check/run-type-check.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ yalc publish
 
 cd "${__dirpath}/ts3.8-test"
 
+# Add yalc package (creates .yalc/ directory and updates package.json)
 yalc add @sentry/react-native
 
 yarn install
 
+# Re-add yalc package to ensure it's in node_modules (yarn might have removed it)
+yalc add @sentry/react-native
+
 echo "Removing duplicate React types..."
 rm -rf ./node_modules/@types/react-native/node_modules/@types/react
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 016f1a4ae8..bd69d55849 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
     "performance-tests/TestAppPlain",
     "performance-tests/TestAppSentry"
   ],
-  "//": [
-    "Appium has a dependency on @xmldom/xmldom@^0.x, which causes chromedrive build to fail yarn install",
-    "See: https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/pull/424"
-  ],
   "volta": {
     "node": "18.20.8",
     "yarn": "3.6.4"
   },
+  "//": [
+    "Appium has a dependency on @xmldom/xmldom@^0.x, which causes chromedrive build to fail yarn install",
+    "See: https://github.com/appium/appium-chromedriver/pull/424"
+  ],
   "resolutions": {
     "appium-chromedriver@npm:5.6.73/@xmldom/xmldom": "0.8.10",
     "fast-xml-parser": "^5.3.6",
diff --git a/packages/core/.npmignore b/packages/core/.npmignore
index bf5fdefe0f..cf002a00a5 100644
--- a/packages/core/.npmignore
+++ b/packages/core/.npmignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 !LICENSE.md
 !CHANGELOG.md
 !README.md
+!/dist/
+!/ts3.8/
 !/dist/**/*
 !ts3.8/**/*
 !RNSentry.podspec
diff --git a/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar b/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar
index d9eb509a5c..0f15f49aa4 100644
Binary files a/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar and b/packages/core/android/libs/replay-stubs.jar differ
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 37515be334..388db597e0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -20114,14 +20114,22 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"fast-xml-builder@npm:^1.0.0":
+  version: 1.0.0
+  resolution: "fast-xml-builder@npm:1.0.0"
+  checksum: d6fb6d860ebb67c0dbec4c91a5cde3bf3e4cc40407db249539fe0d4e98e5c1bc09b3d45e5cbc412aaee8dd16605467f8c054c104fbccba23cf78ec15ff8767ab
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "fast-xml-parser@npm:^5.3.6":
-  version: 5.3.7
-  resolution: "fast-xml-parser@npm:5.3.7"
+  version: 5.4.1
+  resolution: "fast-xml-parser@npm:5.4.1"
   dependencies:
+    fast-xml-builder: ^1.0.0
     strnum: ^2.1.2
   bin:
     fxparser: src/cli/cli.js
-  checksum: 0bb307bc63a01c079ae28b6b62eeea0007d787e6ab47dfca493f40305f78aeedea2906b2632bf0eb9d4d868e748c77c70393a808441fb5949c9d2e6f8f2825f0
+  checksum: 98b8d2f208dea6be10740509e4ef59dc175584cfb29cb3f82849f0a79645ccaf40916589533029c30b4b47a78e744e8fc08ff468f214a231f450e51f0d8d32c6
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -32792,15 +32800,15 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "tar@npm:^7.5.7":
-  version: 7.5.7
-  resolution: "tar@npm:7.5.7"
+  version: 7.5.9
+  resolution: "tar@npm:7.5.9"
   dependencies:
     "@isaacs/fs-minipass": ^4.0.0
     chownr: ^3.0.0
     minipass: ^7.1.2
     minizlib: ^3.1.0
     yallist: ^5.0.0
-  checksum: 82fa04804b6cae4c0b46b84e97a08c39e1c17bb959350baa32d139bcf5e1fc7ebc3ceb72465dd3e2e311992386ecc13599a257d5672158490ceb9464146d5573
+  checksum: 26fbbdf536895814167d03e4883f80febb6520729169c54d0f29ee8a163557283862752493f0e5b60800a6f3608aac3250c41fac8e20a4f056ba4fa63f3dbad7
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard