diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c17b81246e79..91beaa3aa5f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ jobs:
         (needs.job_get_metadata.outputs.is_release == 'true')
       )
     needs: [job_get_metadata, job_build, job_e2e_prepare]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     timeout-minutes: 15
     env:
       E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN }}
@@ -1254,19 +1254,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.HEAD_COMMIT }}
+
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
         with:
           version: 9.4.0
+
       - name: Set up Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 22
+
       - name: Restore caches
         uses: ./.github/actions/restore-cache
         with:
           dependency_cache_key: ${{ needs.job_build.outputs.dependency_cache_key }}
+
       - name: Build Profiling Node
         run: yarn lerna run build:lib --scope @sentry/profiling-node
+
       - name: Extract Profiling Node Prebuilt Binaries
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -1305,6 +1310,18 @@ jobs:
         env:
           E2E_TEST_PUBLISH_SCRIPT_NODE_VERSION: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.node }}
 
+      - name: Setup xvfb and update ubuntu dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install xvfb x11-xkb-utils xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic x11-apps
+          sudo apt-get install build-essential clang libdbus-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev \
+                       libnotify-dev libgconf2-dev \
+                       libasound2-dev libcap-dev libcups2-dev libxtst-dev \
+                       libxss1 libnss3-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/${{ matrix.test-application }}
+        run: yarn install --ignore-engines --frozen-lockfile
+
       - name: Build E2E app
         working-directory: dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/${{ matrix.test-application }}
         timeout-minutes: 7
@@ -1313,7 +1330,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run E2E test
         working-directory: dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/${{ matrix.test-application }}
         timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: yarn test:assert
+        run: xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args="-screen 0 1280x960x24" -- yarn test:assert
 
   job_required_jobs_passed:
     name: All required jobs passed or were skipped
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/__tests__/electron.spec.js b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/__tests__/electron.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4519220008d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/__tests__/electron.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const process = require('process');
+const { test, expect, _electron: electron } = require('@playwright/test');
+
+test('an h1 contains hello world"', async () => {
+  const electronApp = await electron.launch({
+    args: ['./index.electron.js'],
+    process: {
+      env: {
+        ...process.env,
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Wait for the first BrowserWindow to open
+  const window = await electronApp.firstWindow();
+
+  // Check for the presence of an h1 element with the text "hello"
+  const headerElement = await window.$('h1');
+  const headerText = await headerElement.textContent();
+  expect(headerText).toBe('Hello From Profiled Electron App');
+
+  // Close the app
+  await electronApp.close();
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.electron.js b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.electron.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d08ac4ecc142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.electron.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
+const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron');
+const Sentry = require('@sentry/electron/main');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://7fa19397baaf433f919fbe02228d5470@o1137848.ingest.sentry.io/6625302',
+  debug: true,
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+});
+
+// Hog the cpu for a second
+function block() {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  while (start + 1000 > Date.now()) {}
+}
+
+const createWindow = () => {
+  block();
+  // Create the browser window.
+  const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
+    width: 800,
+    height: 600,
+    webPreferences: {
+      preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js'),
+    },
+  });
+
+  // and load the index.html of the app.
+  mainWindow.loadFile('index.html');
+  block();
+};
+
+// This method will be called when Electron has finished
+// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
+// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
+app.whenReady().then(() => {
+  Sentry.profiler.startProfiler();
+  createWindow();
+  Sentry.profiler.stopProfiler();
+
+  app.on('activate', () => {
+    // On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
+    // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
+    if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow();
+  });
+});
+
+// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common
+// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits
+// explicitly with Cmd + Q.
+app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
+  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit();
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.html b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97022c9b265e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <body>
+    <h1>Hello From Profiled Electron App</h1>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json
index a4c4bf1284fe..cfe4e136b1c1 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@
     "build": "node build.mjs && node build.shimmed.mjs",
     "test": "node dist/index.js && node --experimental-require-module dist/index.js && node dist/index.shimmed.mjs",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules dist",
-    "test:build": "npm run typecheck && npm run build",
-    "test:assert": "npm run test"
+    "test:electron": "$(pnpm bin)/electron-rebuild && playwright test",
+    "test:build": "pnpm run typecheck && pnpm run build",
+    "test:assert": "pnpm run test && pnpm run test:electron"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@electron/rebuild": "^3.7.0",
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.48.2",
+    "@sentry/electron": "latest || *",
     "@sentry/node": "latest || *",
-    "@sentry/profiling-node": "latest || *"
+    "@sentry/profiling-node": "latest || *",
+    "electron": "^33.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "volta": {
diff --git a/packages/profiling-node/bin/darwin-arm64-130/profiling-node.node b/packages/profiling-node/bin/darwin-arm64-130/profiling-node.node
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..65e97eca7e48
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/profiling-node/bin/darwin-arm64-130/profiling-node.node differ
diff --git a/packages/profiling-node/bindings/cpu_profiler.cc b/packages/profiling-node/bindings/cpu_profiler.cc
index d51a1e747e93..bf3762867769 100644
--- a/packages/profiling-node/bindings/cpu_profiler.cc
+++ b/packages/profiling-node/bindings/cpu_profiler.cc
@@ -333,9 +333,8 @@ void SentryProfile::Start(Profiler *profiler) {
 
   // Initialize the CPU Profiler
   profiler->cpu_profiler->StartProfiling(
-      profile_title,
-      {v8::CpuProfilingMode::kCallerLineNumbers,
-       v8::CpuProfilingOptions::kNoSampleLimit, kSamplingInterval});
+      profile_title, v8::CpuProfilingMode::kCallerLineNumbers, true,
+      v8::CpuProfilingOptions::kNoSampleLimit);
 
   // listen for memory sample ticks
   profiler->measurements_ticker.add_cpu_listener(id, cpu_sampler_cb);
@@ -1169,6 +1168,7 @@ napi_value Init(napi_env env, napi_value exports) {
   }
 
   Profiler *profiler = new Profiler(env, isolate);
+  profiler->cpu_profiler->SetSamplingInterval(kSamplingInterval);
 
   if (napi_set_instance_data(env, profiler, FreeAddonData, NULL) != napi_ok) {
     napi_throw_error(env, nullptr, "Failed to set instance data for profiler.");