diff --git a/server/athenian/api/__init__.py b/server/athenian/api/__init__.py
index 7d69633ed4..1c0c86da30 100644
--- a/server/athenian/api/__init__.py
+++ b/server/athenian/api/__init__.py
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ def filter_sentry_events(event: dict, hint) -> Optional[dict]:
         request_bodies="medium",
         release="%s@%s" % (metadata.__package__, metadata.__version__),
         traces_sample_rate=traces_sample_rate,
-        before_send=filter_sentry_events,
     )
+    sentry_sdk.scope.add_global_event_processor(filter_sentry_events)
     sentry_sdk.utils.MAX_STRING_LENGTH = 2048
     sentry_sdk.utils.MAX_FORMAT_PARAM_LENGTH = 256
     with sentry_sdk.configure_scope() as scope:
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index 46bac632f2..5c64c33e03 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ databases[postgresql,sqlite]==0.3.2
 xxhash==1.4.4
 numpy==1.18.3
 scipy==1.2.1
-sentry-sdk==0.15.1
+sentry-sdk==0.16.1
 prometheus_client==0.8.0
 alembic==1.4.2
 pandas==1.0.5