diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd9919480d..f3c3641b6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 - Latest changes from 4.12.0
 
+### Breaking changes
+
+- Message event current stack trace moved from exception to threads ([#2694](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/2694))
+
 ## 4.12.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/src/js/client.ts b/src/js/client.ts
index ebf79ed0ed..f124b7aa05 100644
--- a/src/js/client.ts
+++ b/src/js/client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { BrowserClient, defaultStackParser, makeFetchTransport } from '@sentry/browser';
+import { eventFromException, eventFromMessage,makeFetchTransport } from '@sentry/browser';
 import { FetchImpl } from '@sentry/browser/types/transports/utils';
 import { BaseClient } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import {
   Envelope,
   Event,
   EventHint,
+  Exception,
   Outcome,
   SeverityLevel,
+  Thread,
   Transport,
   UserFeedback,
 } from '@sentry/types';
@@ -34,26 +36,24 @@ export class ReactNativeClient extends BaseClient<ReactNativeClientOptions> {
 
   private _outcomesBuffer: Outcome[];
 
-  private readonly _browserClient: BrowserClient;
-
   /**
    * Creates a new React Native SDK instance.
    * @param options Configuration options for this SDK.
    */
-   public constructor(options: ReactNativeClientOptions) {
-     if (!options.transport) {
-       options.transport = (options: ReactNativeTransportOptions, nativeFetch?: FetchImpl): Transport => {
-         if (NATIVE.isNativeTransportAvailable()) {
-           return makeReactNativeTransport(options);
-         }
-         return makeFetchTransport(options, nativeFetch);
-       };
-     }
-     options._metadata = options._metadata || {};
-     options._metadata.sdk = options._metadata.sdk || defaultSdkInfo;
-     super(options);
-
-      this._outcomesBuffer = [];
+  public constructor(options: ReactNativeClientOptions) {
+    if (!options.transport) {
+      options.transport = (options: ReactNativeTransportOptions, nativeFetch?: FetchImpl): Transport => {
+        if (NATIVE.isNativeTransportAvailable()) {
+          return makeReactNativeTransport(options);
+        }
+        return makeFetchTransport(options, nativeFetch);
+      };
+    }
+    options._metadata = options._metadata || {};
+    options._metadata.sdk = options._metadata.sdk || defaultSdkInfo;
+    super(options);
+
+    this._outcomesBuffer = [];
 
     // This is a workaround for now using fetch on RN, this is a known issue in react-native and only generates a warning
     // YellowBox deprecated and replaced with with LogBox in RN 0.63
@@ -65,18 +65,8 @@ export class ReactNativeClient extends BaseClient<ReactNativeClientOptions> {
       YellowBox.ignoreWarnings(['Require cycle:']);
     }
 
-    this._browserClient = new BrowserClient({
-      dsn: options.dsn,
-      transport: options.transport,
-      transportOptions: options.transportOptions,
-      stackParser: options.stackParser || defaultStackParser,
-      integrations: [],
-      _metadata: options._metadata,
-      attachStacktrace: options.attachStacktrace,
-    });
-
-     void this._initNativeSdk();
-   }
+    void this._initNativeSdk();
+  }
 
 
   /**
@@ -84,14 +74,36 @@ export class ReactNativeClient extends BaseClient<ReactNativeClientOptions> {
    */
   public eventFromException(exception: unknown, hint: EventHint = {}): PromiseLike<Event> {
     return Screenshot.attachScreenshotToEventHint(hint, this._options)
-      .then(enrichedHint => this._browserClient.eventFromException(exception, enrichedHint));
+      .then(hintWithScreenshot => eventFromException(
+        this._options.stackParser,
+        exception,
+        hintWithScreenshot,
+        this._options.attachStacktrace,
+      ));
   }
 
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
-  public eventFromMessage(_message: string, _level?: SeverityLevel, _hint?: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event> {
-    return this._browserClient.eventFromMessage(_message, _level, _hint);
+  public eventFromMessage(message: string, level?: SeverityLevel, hint?: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event> {
+    return eventFromMessage(
+      this._options.stackParser,
+      message,
+      level,
+      hint,
+      this._options.attachStacktrace,
+    ).then((event: Event) => {
+      // TMP! Remove this function once JS SDK uses threads for messages
+      if (!event.exception?.values || event.exception.values.length <= 0) {
+        return event;
+      }
+      const values = event.exception.values.map((exception: Exception): Thread => ({
+        stacktrace: exception.stacktrace,
+      }));
+      (event as { threads?: { values: Thread[] } }).threads = { values };
+      delete event.exception;
+      return event;
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/js/sdk.tsx b/src/js/sdk.tsx
index 11e5998c74..a69d305e41 100644
--- a/src/js/sdk.tsx
+++ b/src/js/sdk.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ReactNativeOptions = {
   },
   sendClientReports: true,
   maxQueueSize: DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+  attachStacktrace: true,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/client.test.ts b/test/client.test.ts
index ced3a2755f..172450cb3f 100644
--- a/test/client.test.ts
+++ b/test/client.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { Envelope, Event,Outcome, Transport } from '@sentry/types';
+import { defaultStackParser } from '@sentry/browser';
+import { Envelope, Event, Outcome, Transport } from '@sentry/types';
 import { rejectedSyncPromise, SentryError } from '@sentry/utils';
 import * as RN from 'react-native';
 
@@ -234,6 +235,39 @@ describe('Tests ReactNativeClient', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('attachStacktrace', () => {
+    let mockTransportSend: jest.Mock;
+    let client: ReactNativeClient;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      mockTransportSend = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
+      client = new ReactNativeClient({
+        ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+        attachStacktrace: true,
+        stackParser: defaultStackParser,
+        dsn: EXAMPLE_DSN,
+        transport: () => ({
+          send: mockTransportSend,
+          flush: jest.fn(),
+        }),
+      } as ReactNativeClientOptions);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      mockTransportSend.mockClear();
+    });
+
+    const getMessageEventFrom = (func: jest.Mock) =>
+      func.mock.calls[0][firstArg][envelopeItems][0][envelopeItemPayload];
+
+    test('captureMessage contains stack trace in threads', async () => {
+      const mockSyntheticExceptionFromHub = new Error();
+      client.captureMessage('test message', 'error', { syntheticException: mockSyntheticExceptionFromHub });
+      expect(getMessageEventFrom(mockTransportSend).threads.values.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(getMessageEventFrom(mockTransportSend).exception).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('envelopeHeader SdkInfo', () => {
     let mockTransportSend: jest.Mock;
     let client: ReactNativeClient;