diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml
index b9500bf7b6..2b9b6e8caa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           package-manager-cache: false
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 20
           cache: 'yarn'
           cache-dependency-path: yarn.lock
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           package-manager-cache: false
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 20
           cache: 'yarn'
           cache-dependency-path: yarn.lock
 
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/cli.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/cli.mjs
index 383391a079..9d8f958b80 100755
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/cli.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/cli.mjs
@@ -103,18 +103,6 @@ if (actions.includes('create')) {
     env: env,
   });
 
-  // Only apply the package.json patch for newer RN versions
-  const versionNumber = parseFloat(RNVersion.replace(/[^\d.]/g, ''));
-  if (versionNumber >= 0.80) {
-    execSync(`${patchScriptsDir}/rn.patch.package.json.js --path package.json`, {
-      stdio: 'inherit',
-      cwd: appDir,
-      env: env,
-    });
-  } else {
-    console.log(`Skipping rn.patch.package.json.js for RN ${RNVersion} (< 0.80)`);
-  }
-
   // Install dependencies
   // yalc add doesn't fail if the package is not found - it skips silently.
   let yalcAddOutput = execSync(`yalc add @sentry/react-native`, { cwd: appDir, env: env, encoding: 'utf-8' });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/patch-scripts/rn.patch.package.json.js b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/patch-scripts/rn.patch.package.json.js
deleted file mode 100755
index a36d7693c4..0000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/patch-scripts/rn.patch.package.json.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const { argv, cwd } = require('process');
-const parseArgs = require('minimist');
-const { debug } = require('@sentry/core');
-debug.enable();
-
-const args = parseArgs(argv.slice(2), { string: ['app','path','file'], alias: { path: ['file'] } });
-
-function resolvePkgPath() {
-  if (args.path) {
-    const p = path.resolve(args.path);
-    if (!p.endsWith('package.json')) throw new Error(`--path must point to package.json, got: ${p}`);
-    return p;
-  }
-  if (args.app) return path.join(path.resolve(args.app), 'package.json');
-  return path.join(cwd(), 'package.json');
-}
-
-const pkgPath = resolvePkgPath();
-if (!fs.existsSync(pkgPath)) throw new Error(`package.json not found at: ${pkgPath}`);
-
-const raw = fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf8');
-let pkg;
-try { pkg = JSON.parse(raw); } catch (e) { throw new Error(`Invalid JSON: ${e.message}`); }
-
-const METRO_VERSION = '0.83.2';
-
-// List of Metro packages that need to be pinned
-const METRO_PACKAGES = [
-  'metro',
-  'metro-config'
-];
-
-pkg.overrides = pkg.overrides || {};
-METRO_PACKAGES.forEach(pkgName => {
-  pkg.overrides[pkgName] = METRO_VERSION;
-});
-
-pkg.resolutions = pkg.resolutions || {};
-METRO_PACKAGES.forEach(pkgName => {
-  pkg.resolutions[pkgName] = METRO_VERSION;
-});
-
-fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath + '.bak', raw);
-fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n');
-
-debug.log('Patched package.json: Metro packages set to', METRO_VERSION);