diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ea564642f..70d76f5760 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 - fix: pas maxBreadcrumbs to Android init
 - feat: Allow disabling native SDK initialization but still use it #1259
+- ref: Rename shouldInitializeNativeSdk to autoInitializeNativeSdk #1275
 - fix: Fix parseErrorStack that only takes string in DebugSymbolicator event processor #1274
 - fix: Only set "event" type in envelope item and not the payload #1271
 
-
 ## 2.1.0
 
 - feat: Include @sentry/tracing and expose startTransaction #1167
diff --git a/src/js/options.ts b/src/js/options.ts
index d83d01d91f..8677fe33f9 100644
--- a/src/js/options.ts
+++ b/src/js/options.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export interface ReactNativeOptions extends BrowserOptions {
    *
    * @default true
    */
-  shouldInitializeNativeSdk?: boolean;
+  autoInitializeNativeSdk?: boolean;
 
   /** Maximum time to wait to drain the request queue, before the process is allowed to exit. */
   shutdownTimeout?: number;
diff --git a/src/js/sdk.ts b/src/js/sdk.ts
index 622b278e9e..7804535be6 100644
--- a/src/js/sdk.ts
+++ b/src/js/sdk.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ReactNativeOptions = {
   enableNative: true,
   enableNativeCrashHandling: true,
   enableNativeNagger: true,
-  shouldInitializeNativeSdk: true,
+  autoInitializeNativeSdk: true,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/js/wrapper.ts b/src/js/wrapper.ts
index 81a5a89ce9..7732196b52 100644
--- a/src/js/wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/js/wrapper.ts
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ export const NATIVE = {
   async startWithOptions(_options: ReactNativeOptions): Promise<boolean> {
     const options = {
       enableNative: true,
-      shouldInitializeNativeSdk: true,
+      autoInitializeNativeSdk: true,
       ..._options,
     };
 
-    if (!options.shouldInitializeNativeSdk) {
+    if (!options.autoInitializeNativeSdk) {
       if (options.enableNativeNagger) {
         logger.warn("Note: Native Sentry SDK was not initialized.");
       }
diff --git a/test/wrapper.test.ts b/test/wrapper.test.ts
index e0fdee5b11..20df4b7d9a 100644
--- a/test/wrapper.test.ts
+++ b/test/wrapper.test.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe("Tests Native Wrapper", () => {
       );
     });
 
-    test("does not initialize with shouldInitializeNativeSdk: false", async () => {
+    test("does not initialize with autoInitializeNativeSdk: false", async () => {
       const RN = require("react-native");
 
       RN.NativeModules.RNSentry.startWithOptions = jest.fn();
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe("Tests Native Wrapper", () => {
       await NATIVE.startWithOptions({
         dsn: "test",
         enableNative: true,
-        shouldInitializeNativeSdk: false,
+        autoInitializeNativeSdk: false,
       });
 
       expect(RN.NativeModules.RNSentry.startWithOptions).not.toBeCalled();