diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts
index 5c293457a..fd3b53bae 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug") {
             manifestPlaceholders = mapOf(
-                "sentryDebug" to true
+                "sentryDebug" to true,
+                "sentryEnvironment" to "debug"
             )
         }
         getByName("release") {
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ android {
             isShrinkResources = true
 
             manifestPlaceholders = mapOf(
-                "sentryDebug" to false
+                "sentryDebug" to false,
+                "sentryEnvironment" to "release"
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index dc9962982..6caf842bb 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@
         <!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.ndk.enable" android:value="false" />-->
 
         <!--    how to set a custom release-->
-        <!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.release" android:value="io.sentry.sample@1.0.0+10001" />-->
+        <!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.release" android:value="io.sentry.samples.android@1.1.0+2" />-->
 
         <!--    how to disable automatic session tracking-->
-        <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.session-tracking.enable" android:value="false" />
+        <!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.session-tracking.enable" android:value="false" />-->
 
         <!--    how to set an environment-->
-        <!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.environment" android:value="debug" />-->
+        <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.environment" android:value="${sentryEnvironment}" />
 
         <!--    how to change the session tracking interval-->
         <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.session-tracking.timeout-interval-millis" android:value="10000" />