diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7498c3507..f5dbb6ecae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 > make sure you follow our [migration guide](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/migration/) first.
 <!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Find `ios/.xcode.env` in the Expo plugin "Upload Debug Symbols to Sentry" phase when the iOS project uses Swift Package Manager instead of CocoaPods ([#6911](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6911))
+
 ## 8.31.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts
index 76b60f4466..62a9e1a1c0 100644
--- a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts
+++ b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ const SENTRY_REACT_NATIVE_XCODE_DEBUG_FILES_PATH =
   "`\"${NODE_BINARY:-node}\" --print \"require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json')) + '/scripts/sentry-xcode-debug-files.sh'\"`";
 const SENTRY_DISABLE_AUTO_UPLOAD_EXPORT = 'export SENTRY_DISABLE_AUTO_UPLOAD=true';
 // Xcode started from the Dock has no node on PATH, so load NODE_BINARY the same way as with-environment.sh.
-const LOAD_XCODE_ENV = `XCODE_ENV_PATH="\${PODFILE_DIR:-$PODS_ROOT/..}/.xcode.env"
+// Swift Package Manager projects have no PODS_ROOT, so use SRCROOT as React Native's SPM build phases do.
+const LOAD_XCODE_ENV = `XCODE_ENV_DIR="\${PODFILE_DIR:-\${PODS_ROOT:+$PODS_ROOT/..}}"
+XCODE_ENV_PATH="\${XCODE_ENV_DIR:-$SRCROOT}/.xcode.env"
 [ -f "$XCODE_ENV_PATH" ] && . "$XCODE_ENV_PATH"
 [ -f "$XCODE_ENV_PATH.local" ] && . "$XCODE_ENV_PATH.local"
 `;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts b/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts
index d5ac327773..0edc5da100 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts
@@ -629,6 +629,25 @@ describe('Upload Debug Symbols phase loads .xcode.env before it resolves the scr
     expect(stdout).toContain('debug files script ran');
   });
 
+  it('uses SRCROOT to find .xcode.env when the project has no CocoaPods', () => {
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(iosDir, '.xcode.env.local'), `export NODE_BINARY="${process.execPath}"\n`);
+
+    const stdout = runPhase(getDebugFilesUploadScript(), { SRCROOT: iosDir });
+
+    expect(stdout).toContain('debug files script ran');
+  });
+
+  it('uses PODS_ROOT before SRCROOT to find .xcode.env', () => {
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(iosDir, '.xcode.env.local'), `export NODE_BINARY="${process.execPath}"\n`);
+
+    const stdout = runPhase(getDebugFilesUploadScript(), {
+      PODS_ROOT: path.join(iosDir, 'Pods'),
+      SRCROOT: '/nonexistent',
+    });
+
+    expect(stdout).toContain('debug files script ran');
+  });
+
   it('uses a NODE_BINARY path that contains spaces', () => {
     const nodeDir = path.join(projectDir, 'dir with spaces');
     fs.mkdirSync(nodeDir);