diff --git a/packages/astro/test/server/middleware.test.ts b/packages/astro/test/server/middleware.test.ts
index 093b2fad2d6b..bc15a7433374 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/server/middleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/test/server/middleware.test.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('sentryMiddleware', () => {
     });
 
     // @ts-expect-error, a partial ctx object is fine here
-    await expect(async () => middleware(ctx, next)).rejects.toThrowError();
+    await expect(async () => middleware(ctx, next)).rejects.toThrow();
 
     expect(captureExceptionSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error, {
       mechanism: { handled: false, type: 'astro', data: { function: 'astroMiddleware' } },
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/test/transport.test.ts b/packages/cloudflare/test/transport.test.ts
index 788785de8216..048251f6f9c0 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/test/transport.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/test/transport.test.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ describe('IsolatedPromiseBuffer', () => {
     await ipb.add(task2);
     await ipb.add(task3);
 
-    await expect(ipb.add(task4)).rejects.toThrowError('Not adding Promise because buffer limit was reached.');
+    await expect(ipb.add(task4)).rejects.toThrow('Not adding Promise because buffer limit was reached.');
   });
 
   it('should not throw when one of the tasks throws when drained', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/cloud_event.test.ts b/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/cloud_event.test.ts
index c80df4d66a2f..ca5fe5ae8d90 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/cloud_event.test.ts
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/cloud_event.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('wrapCloudEventFunction', () => {
           });
 
         const wrappedHandler = wrapCloudEventFunction(handler);
-        await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+        await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
         const fakeTransactionContext = {
           name: 'event.type',
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('wrapCloudEventFunction', () => {
         throw error;
       };
       const wrappedHandler = wrapCloudEventFunction(handler);
-      await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+      await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
       const fakeTransactionContext = {
         name: 'event.type',
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ describe('wrapCloudEventFunction', () => {
         cb(error);
       };
       const wrappedHandler = wrapCloudEventFunction(handler);
-      await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+      await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
       const fakeTransactionContext = {
         name: 'event.type',
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ describe('wrapCloudEventFunction', () => {
         throw error;
       };
       const wrappedHandler = wrapCloudEventFunction(handler);
-      await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+      await expect(handleCloudEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
       const fakeTransactionContext = {
         name: 'event.type',
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/events.test.ts b/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/events.test.ts
index 409b8982081b..e4139d430f99 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/events.test.ts
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-serverless/test/gcpfunction/events.test.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('wrapEventFunction', () => {
         throw error;
       };
       const wrappedHandler = wrapEventFunction(handler);
-      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
       const fakeTransactionContext = {
         name: 'event.type',
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('wrapEventFunction', () => {
         });
 
       const wrappedHandler = wrapEventFunction(handler);
-      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
       const fakeTransactionContext = {
         name: 'event.type',
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ describe('wrapEventFunction', () => {
         cb(error);
       };
       const wrappedHandler = wrapEventFunction(handler);
-      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
       const fakeTransactionContext = {
         name: 'event.type',
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe('wrapEventFunction', () => {
         throw error;
       };
       const wrappedHandler = wrapEventFunction(handler);
-      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+      await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
       const fakeTransactionContext = {
         name: 'event.type',
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('wrapEventFunction', () => {
       throw error;
     };
     const wrappedHandler = wrapEventFunction(handler);
-    await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrowError(error);
+    await expect(handleEvent(wrappedHandler)).rejects.toThrow(error);
 
     expect(mockCaptureException).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error, expect.any(Function));
 
diff --git a/packages/node/test/cron.test.ts b/packages/node/test/cron.test.ts
index d068280a41e0..db2315edbd35 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/cron.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/cron.test.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('cron check-ins', () => {
             //
           },
         });
-      }).toThrowError("A job named 'my-cron-job' has already been scheduled");
+      }).toThrow("A job named 'my-cron-job' has already been scheduled");
     });
   });
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ describe('cron check-ins', () => {
         cronWithCheckIn.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
           //
         });
-      }).toThrowError('Missing "name" for scheduled job. A name is required for Sentry check-in monitoring.');
+      }).toThrow('Missing "name" for scheduled job. A name is required for Sentry check-in monitoring.');
     });
   });
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ describe('cron check-ins', () => {
         scheduleWithCheckIn.scheduleJob('my-cron-job', new Date(), () => {
           //
         });
-      }).toThrowError(
+      }).toThrow(
         "Automatic instrumentation of 'node-schedule' requires the first parameter of 'scheduleJob' to be a job name string and the second parameter to be a crontab string",
       );
     });
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ describe('cron check-ins', () => {
         scheduleWithCheckIn.scheduleJob('* * * * *', () => {
           //
         });
-      }).toThrowError(
+      }).toThrow(
         "Automatic instrumentation of 'node-schedule' requires the first parameter of 'scheduleJob' to be a job name string and the second parameter to be a crontab string",
       );
     });
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferArray.test.ts b/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferArray.test.ts
index 05055fe62763..9b5c278b0596 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferArray.test.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferArray.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('Unit | eventBuffer | EventBufferArray', () => {
       await buffer.addEvent(largeEvent);
 
       // Now it should error
-      await expect(() => buffer.addEvent(largeEvent)).rejects.toThrowError(EventBufferSizeExceededError);
+      await expect(() => buffer.addEvent(largeEvent)).rejects.toThrow(EventBufferSizeExceededError);
     });
 
     it('resets size limit on clear', async function () {
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferCompressionWorker.test.ts b/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferCompressionWorker.test.ts
index 4369a8b930c8..257178e009de 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferCompressionWorker.test.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/test/unit/eventBuffer/EventBufferCompressionWorker.test.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ describe('Unit | eventBuffer | EventBufferCompressionWorker', () => {
       await buffer.addEvent(largeEvent);
 
       // Now it should error
-      await expect(() => buffer.addEvent(largeEvent)).rejects.toThrowError(EventBufferSizeExceededError);
+      await expect(() => buffer.addEvent(largeEvent)).rejects.toThrow(EventBufferSizeExceededError);
     });
 
     it('resets size limit on clear', async function () {
diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/test/server/serverRoute.test.ts b/packages/sveltekit/test/server/serverRoute.test.ts
index de99db5a548e..20506198a1f8 100644
--- a/packages/sveltekit/test/server/serverRoute.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sveltekit/test/server/serverRoute.test.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('wrapServerRouteWithSentry', () => {
 
       await expect(async () => {
         await wrappedRouteHandler(getRequestEventMock() as RequestEvent);
-      }).rejects.toThrowError('Server Route Error');
+      }).rejects.toThrow('Server Route Error');
 
       expect(captureExceptionSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error, {
         mechanism: { type: 'sveltekit', handled: false, data: { function: 'serverRoute' } },
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts
index 1dc2e1f993e8..0739c6ad040a 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/promisebuffer.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('PromiseBuffer', () => {
       });
       const producer2 = jest.fn(() => new SyncPromise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve)));
       expect(buffer.add(producer1)).toEqual(task1);
-      void expect(buffer.add(producer2)).rejects.toThrowError();
+      void expect(buffer.add(producer2)).rejects.toThrow();
       expect(buffer.$.length).toEqual(1);
       expect(producer1).toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(producer2).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/packages/vercel-edge/test/transports/index.test.ts b/packages/vercel-edge/test/transports/index.test.ts
index c2ead21998be..dfa524b942f0 100644
--- a/packages/vercel-edge/test/transports/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/vercel-edge/test/transports/index.test.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ describe('IsolatedPromiseBuffer', () => {
     await ipb.add(task2);
     await ipb.add(task3);
 
-    await expect(ipb.add(task4)).rejects.toThrowError('Not adding Promise because buffer limit was reached.');
+    await expect(ipb.add(task4)).rejects.toThrow('Not adding Promise because buffer limit was reached.');
   });
 
   it('should not throw when one of the tasks throws when drained', async () => {