diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8050a69835..0a3f2d16fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - Fixed Sentry CLI executable path resolution that was causing iOS build script failures ([#5003](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/5003))
+- Fix for `sentry-cli` path discovery not working on Android ([#5009](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/5009))
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/packages/core/sentry.gradle b/packages/core/sentry.gradle
index d979b6d186..a11837ce84 100644
--- a/packages/core/sentry.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/sentry.gradle
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ def resolveSentryReactNativeSDKPath(reactRoot) {
 def resolveSentryCliPackagePath(reactRoot) {
     def resolvedCliPath = null
     try {
-        def file = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@sentry/cli/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir))
-        resolvedCliPath = file.text.trim().getParentFile();
+        resolvedCliPath = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@sentry/cli/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile();
     } catch (Throwable ignored) { // Check if it's located in .pnpm
         try {
             def pnpmRefPath = reactRoot.toString() + "/node_modules/@sentry/react-native/node_modules/.bin/sentry-cli"