diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/client-transactions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/client-transactions.test.ts
index 7af02f35fa47..dd4633620e8b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/client-transactions.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/client-transactions.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ test('Sends a pageload transaction to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
       transaction_info: { source: 'route' },
       type: 'transaction',
       contexts: {
+        react: {
+          version: '18.2.0',
+        },
         trace: {
           span_id: expect.any(String),
           trace_id: expect.any(String),
@@ -60,6 +63,9 @@ test('captures a navigation transcation to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
       transaction_info: { source: 'route' },
       type: 'transaction',
       contexts: {
+        react: {
+          version: '18.2.0',
+        },
         trace: {
           span_id: expect.any(String),
           trace_id: expect.any(String),
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/transactions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/transactions.test.ts
index 4a5c7771705b..94af99d6c386 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/transactions.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/transactions.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ test('Sends a pageload transaction', async ({ page }) => {
       transaction_info: { source: 'url' },
       type: 'transaction',
       contexts: {
+        react: {
+          version: expect.any(String),
+        },
         trace: {
           span_id: expect.any(String),
           trace_id: expect.any(String),
diff --git a/packages/react/src/sdk.ts b/packages/react/src/sdk.ts
index 24e75e8556f5..b2963b8c1f5e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/sdk.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import type { BrowserOptions } from '@sentry/browser';
-import { init as browserInit } from '@sentry/browser';
+import { init as browserInit, setContext } from '@sentry/browser';
 import { applySdkMetadata } from '@sentry/core';
 
+import { version } from 'react';
+
 /**
  * Inits the React SDK
  */
@@ -11,6 +13,6 @@ export function init(options: BrowserOptions): void {
   };
 
   applySdkMetadata(opts, 'react');
-
+  setContext('react', { version });
   browserInit(opts);
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/test/sdk.test.ts b/packages/react/test/sdk.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce1b7f174f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/test/sdk.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as SentryBrowser from '@sentry/browser';
+import { version } from 'react';
+import { init } from '../src/sdk';
+
+describe('init', () => {
+  it('sets the React version (if available) in the global scope', () => {
+    const setContextSpy = jest.spyOn(SentryBrowser, 'setContext');
+
+    init({});
+
+    expect(setContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(setContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('react', { version });
+  });
+});