diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/instrument/xhr.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/instrument/xhr.ts
index f46ecd67b0b6..b85a27e923f8 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/instrument/xhr.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/instrument/xhr.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function instrumentXHR(): void {
             endTimestamp: timestampInSeconds() * 1000,
             startTimestamp,
             xhr: xhrOpenThisArg,
-            stack: virtualError.stack,
+            error: virtualError,
           };
           triggerHandlers('xhr', handlerData);
         }
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/integrations/httpclient.ts b/packages/browser/src/integrations/httpclient.ts
index 15c8b3412963..f3d865c3bfbd 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/integrations/httpclient.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/integrations/httpclient.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function _fetchResponseHandler(
   requestInfo: RequestInfo,
   response: Response,
   requestInit?: RequestInit,
-  stack?: string,
+  error?: unknown,
 ): void {
   if (_shouldCaptureResponse(options, response.status, response.url)) {
     const request = _getRequest(requestInfo, requestInit);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function _fetchResponseHandler(
       responseHeaders,
       requestCookies,
       responseCookies,
-      stacktrace: stack,
+      error,
     });
 
     captureEvent(event);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function _xhrResponseHandler(
   xhr: XMLHttpRequest,
   method: string,
   headers: Record<string, string>,
-  stack?: string,
+  error?: unknown,
 ): void {
   if (_shouldCaptureResponse(options, xhr.status, xhr.responseURL)) {
     let requestHeaders, responseCookies, responseHeaders;
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function _xhrResponseHandler(
       // Can't access request cookies from XHR
       responseHeaders,
       responseCookies,
-      stacktrace: stack,
+      error,
     });
 
     captureEvent(event);
@@ -292,14 +292,14 @@ function _wrapFetch(client: Client, options: HttpClientOptions): void {
       return;
     }
 
-    const { response, args } = handlerData;
+    const { response, args, error } = handlerData;
     const [requestInfo, requestInit] = args as [RequestInfo, RequestInit | undefined];
 
     if (!response) {
       return;
     }
 
-    _fetchResponseHandler(options, requestInfo, response as Response, requestInit, handlerData.stack);
+    _fetchResponseHandler(options, requestInfo, response as Response, requestInit, error);
   }, false);
 }
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ function _wrapXHR(client: Client, options: HttpClientOptions): void {
     const { method, request_headers: headers } = sentryXhrData;
 
     try {
-      _xhrResponseHandler(options, xhr, method, headers, handlerData.stack);
+      _xhrResponseHandler(options, xhr, method, headers, handlerData.error);
     } catch (e) {
       DEBUG_BUILD && logger.warn('Error while extracting response event form XHR response', e);
     }
@@ -362,13 +362,12 @@ function _createEvent(data: {
   responseCookies?: Record<string, string>;
   requestHeaders?: Record<string, string>;
   requestCookies?: Record<string, string>;
-  stacktrace?: string;
+  error?: unknown;
 }): SentryEvent {
   const client = getClient();
-  const virtualStackTrace = client && data.stacktrace ? data.stacktrace : undefined;
+  const virtualStackTrace = client && data.error && data.error instanceof Error ? data.error.stack : undefined;
   // Remove the first frame from the stack as it's the HttpClient call
   const stack = virtualStackTrace && client ? client.getOptions().stackParser(virtualStackTrace, 0, 1) : undefined;
-
   const message = `HTTP Client Error with status code: ${data.status}`;
 
   const event: SentryEvent = {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types-hoist/instrument.ts b/packages/core/src/types-hoist/instrument.ts
index f779b2096597..f472a663c5d5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types-hoist/instrument.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types-hoist/instrument.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export interface HandlerDataXhr {
   xhr: SentryWrappedXMLHttpRequest;
   startTimestamp?: number;
   endTimestamp?: number;
-  stack?: string;
+  error?: unknown;
 }
 
 interface SentryFetchData {
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export interface HandlerDataFetch {
     headers: WebFetchHeaders;
   };
   error?: unknown;
-  stack?: string;
 }
 
 export interface HandlerDataDom {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/fetch.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/fetch.ts
index c822066a7c2d..4c21006b829e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/fetch.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function instrumentFetch(onFetchResolved?: (response: Response) => void, skipNat
 
   fill(GLOBAL_OBJ, 'fetch', function (originalFetch: () => void): () => void {
     return function (...args: any[]): void {
-      // We capture the stack right here and not in the Promise error callback because Safari (and probably other
+      // We capture the error right here and not in the Promise error callback because Safari (and probably other
       // browsers too) will wipe the stack trace up to this point, only leaving us with this file which is useless.
 
       // NOTE: If you are a Sentry user, and you are seeing this stack frame,
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ function instrumentFetch(onFetchResolved?: (response: Response) => void, skipNat
       //       have a stack trace, so the SDK backfilled the stack trace so
       //       you can see which fetch call failed.
       const virtualError = new Error();
-      const virtualStackTrace = virtualError.stack;
 
       const { method, url } = parseFetchArgs(args);
       const handlerData: HandlerDataFetch = {
@@ -66,7 +65,8 @@ function instrumentFetch(onFetchResolved?: (response: Response) => void, skipNat
           url,
         },
         startTimestamp: timestampInSeconds() * 1000,
-        stack: virtualStackTrace,
+        // // Adding the error to be able to fingerprint the failed fetch event in HttpClient instrumentation
+        error: virtualError,
       };
 
       // if there is no callback, fetch is instrumented directly
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ function instrumentFetch(onFetchResolved?: (response: Response) => void, skipNat
           if (onFetchResolved) {
             onFetchResolved(response);
           } else {
-            // Adding the stacktrace to be able to fingerprint the failed fetch event in HttpClient instrumentation
             triggerHandlers('fetch', {
               ...handlerData,
               endTimestamp: timestampInSeconds() * 1000,
@@ -96,6 +95,7 @@ function instrumentFetch(onFetchResolved?: (response: Response) => void, skipNat
           triggerHandlers('fetch', {
             ...handlerData,
             endTimestamp: timestampInSeconds() * 1000,
+            // Overriding the virtualError
             error,
           });
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function instrumentFetch(onFetchResolved?: (response: Response) => void, skipNat
             //       it means the error, that was caused by your fetch call did not
             //       have a stack trace, so the SDK backfilled the stack trace so
             //       you can see which fetch call failed.
-            error.stack = virtualStackTrace;
+            error.stack = virtualError.stack;
             addNonEnumerableProperty(error, 'framesToPop', 1);
           }