diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/README.md b/packages/e2e-tests/README.md
index 316d03997483..69e4dc7a062a 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/README.md
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ fields:
 **An important thing to note:** In the context of the `buildCommand` the fake test registry is available at
 `http://localhost:4873`. It hosts all of our packages as if they were to be published with the state of the current
 branch. This means we can install the packages from this registry via the `.npmrc` configuration as seen above. If you
-add Sentry dependencies to your test application, you should set the dependency versions set to `*`:
+add Sentry dependencies to your test application, you should set the dependency versions set to `latest || *` in order
+for it to work with both regular and prerelease versions:
 
 ```jsonc
 // package.json
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ add Sentry dependencies to your test application, you should set the dependency
     "test": "echo \"Hello world!\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/node": "*"
+    "@sentry/node": "latest || *"
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json
index 3232c1eca7fe..2935a28b9dd3 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@next/font": "13.0.7",
-    "@sentry/nextjs": "*",
+    "@sentry/nextjs": "latest || *",
     "@types/node": "18.11.17",
     "@types/react": "18.0.26",
     "@types/react-dom": "18.0.9",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-react-app/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-react-app/package.json
index 062eef12aa45..2ba893bc70ed 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-react-app/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/react": "*",
-    "@sentry/tracing": "*",
+    "@sentry/react": "latest || *",
+    "@sentry/tracing": "latest || *",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.14.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "13.0.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "13.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/package.json
index 080bc7de0446..ce7b8cd8456c 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/remix": "*",
+    "@sentry/remix": "latest || *",
     "@remix-run/css-bundle": "^1.16.1",
     "@remix-run/node": "^1.16.1",
     "@remix-run/react": "^1.16.1",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/package.json
index 45f79250d05f..58e4ac82b793 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@next/font": "13.0.7",
-    "@sentry/nextjs": "*",
+    "@sentry/nextjs": "latest || *",
     "@types/node": "18.11.17",
     "@types/react": "18.0.26",
     "@types/react-dom": "18.0.9",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/test-recipe.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/test-recipe.json
index 7dbbde86ce78..134eecd517e1 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/test-recipe.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/test-recipe.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "canaryVersions": [
     {
       "dependencyOverrides": {
-        "next": "latest"
+        "next": "latest || *"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-express-app/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-express-app/package.json
index 2bdb01bb3daf..ffd74762f286 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-express-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-express-app/package.json
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
     "test": "playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/integrations": "*",
-    "@sentry/node": "*",
-    "@sentry/tracing": "*",
-    "@sentry/types": "*",
+    "@sentry/integrations": "latest || *",
+    "@sentry/node": "latest || *",
+    "@sentry/tracing": "latest || *",
+    "@sentry/types": "latest || *",
     "express": "4.18.2",
     "@types/express": "4.17.17",
     "@types/node": "18.15.1",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/package.json
index bac46c9562d0..fbd4f9017c50 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/react": "*",
+    "@sentry/react": "latest || *",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.14.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "13.0.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "13.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/test-recipe.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/test-recipe.json
index 7955a96ea1d0..2fa5a9b823aa 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/test-recipe.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-create-hash-router/test-recipe.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
   "canaryVersions": [
     {
       "dependencyOverrides": {
-        "react": "latest",
-        "react-dom": "latest"
+        "react": "latest || *",
+        "react-dom": "latest || *"
       }
     }
   ]
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react-tracing-import/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react-tracing-import/package.json
index abfb3bfea914..f024d9426fb3 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react-tracing-import/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react-tracing-import/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/react": "*",
-    "@sentry/tracing": "*",
+    "@sentry/react": "latest || *",
+    "@sentry/tracing": "latest || *",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.14.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "13.0.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "13.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/package.json
index 8ea59b80e55a..875fa3157b5a 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/react": "*",
+    "@sentry/react": "latest || *",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.14.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "13.0.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "13.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/test-recipe.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/test-recipe.json
index 2f2e72c8f501..c0ac9c697a1d 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/test-recipe.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/test-recipe.json
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
   "canaryVersions": [
     {
       "dependencyOverrides": {
-        "react": "latest",
-        "react-dom": "latest"
+        "react": "latest || *",
+        "react-dom": "latest || *"
       }
     }
   ]
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit/package.json
index 5c4139365599..37fa0663edb7 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=development playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/sveltekit": "*"
+    "@sentry/sveltekit": "latest || *"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "^1.27.1",
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
   },
   "pnpm": {
     "overrides": {
-      "@sentry/node": "*",
-      "@sentry/tracing": "*"
+      "@sentry/node": "latest || *",
+      "@sentry/tracing": "latest || *"
     }
   },
   "type": "module"