diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c71ee38e19..4655ed51d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - Fetch Organization slug from `@sentry/react-native/expo` config when uploading artifacts ([#3557](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3557))
 - Remove 404 Http Client Errors reports for Metro Dev Server Requests ([#3553](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3553))
 - Stop tracing Spotlight Sidecar network request in JS ([#3559](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3559))
+- Upload Debug Symbols Build Phase continues when `node` not found in `WITH_ENVIRONMENT` ([#3573](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3573))
 
 ## 5.17.0
 
diff --git a/scripts/sentry-xcode-debug-files.sh b/scripts/sentry-xcode-debug-files.sh
index 6427338768..b522ba5fe3 100755
--- a/scripts/sentry-xcode-debug-files.sh
+++ b/scripts/sentry-xcode-debug-files.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Upload Debug Symbols to Sentry Xcode Build Phase
 # PWD=ios
 
-# print commands before executing them and stop on first error
-set -x -e
+# print commands before executing them
+set -x
 
 [ -z "$WITH_ENVIRONMENT" ] && WITH_ENVIRONMENT="../node_modules/react-native/scripts/xcode/with-environment.sh"
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ if [ -f "$WITH_ENVIRONMENT" ]; then
   . "$WITH_ENVIRONMENT"
 fi
 
+# stop on first error (we can't use -e before as any failed command in WITH_ENVIRONMENT would stop the debug files upload)
+set -e
+
 LOCAL_NODE_BINARY=${NODE_BINARY:-node}
 
 [ -z "$SENTRY_PROPERTIES" ] && export SENTRY_PROPERTIES=sentry.properties