diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bad81588..4c8ff215 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- fix(react-native): Do not change the Podfile or run `pod install` when the iOS project uses Swift Package Manager ([#1386](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-wizard/pull/1386))
+
 ## 9.1.0
 
 - feat(sourcemaps): Import the Vite, webpack, Rollup and esbuild plugins from the installed SDK (`@sentry/node`, `@sentry/nestjs`, `@sentry/aws-serverless`) on v11, or install `@sentry/bundler-plugins` as a dev dependency and import from `@sentry/bundler-plugins/<bundler>` ([#1382](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-wizard/pull/1382))
diff --git a/src/react-native/react-native-wizard.ts b/src/react-native/react-native-wizard.ts
index e8bb8e9c..6fd1142c 100644
--- a/src/react-native/react-native-wizard.ts
+++ b/src/react-native/react-native-wizard.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import {
   findDebugFilesUploadPhase,
   getValidExistingBuildPhases,
   patchBundlePhase,
+  usesSwiftPMAutolinking,
   writeXcodeProject,
 } from './xcode';
 
@@ -349,20 +350,38 @@ async function patchXcodeFiles(config: RNCliSetupConfigContent) {
     gitignore: false,
   });
 
-  // The RNSentry pod is a Swift pod and requires `use_modular_headers!` in the
-  // Podfile to integrate as a static library. Patch it before `pod install` so
-  // the install succeeds now and any later manual `pod install` keeps working.
-  if (usesCocoaPod('ios')) {
-    traceStep('add-modular-headers', () => addModularHeaders('ios'));
-  }
-
-  if (platform() === 'darwin' && (await confirmPodInstall())) {
-    await traceStep('pod-install', () => podInstall('ios'));
-  }
-
   const xcodeProjectPath = traceStep('find-xcode-project', () =>
     getFirstMatchedPath(XCODE_PROJECT),
   );
+
+  // `react-native spm add --deintegrate` keeps a Podfile that `pod install`
+  // cannot parse.
+  const usesSwiftPM =
+    !!xcodeProjectPath && usesSwiftPMAutolinking(xcodeProjectPath);
+  Sentry.setTag(
+    'ios-dependency-manager',
+    usesSwiftPM ? 'swiftpm' : 'cocoapods',
+  );
+
+  if (usesSwiftPM) {
+    clack.log.info(
+      `The iOS project uses Swift Package Manager. The wizard does not change the ${chalk.cyan(
+        'Podfile',
+      )} and does not run ${chalk.cyan('pod install')}.`,
+    );
+  } else {
+    // The RNSentry pod is a Swift pod and requires `use_modular_headers!` in the
+    // Podfile to integrate as a static library. Patch it before `pod install` so
+    // the install succeeds now and any later manual `pod install` keeps working.
+    if (usesCocoaPod('ios')) {
+      traceStep('add-modular-headers', () => addModularHeaders('ios'));
+    }
+
+    if (platform() === 'darwin' && (await confirmPodInstall())) {
+      await traceStep('pod-install', () => podInstall('ios'));
+    }
+  }
+
   Sentry.setTag(
     'xcode-project-status',
     xcodeProjectPath ? 'found' : 'not-found',
diff --git a/src/react-native/xcode.ts b/src/react-native/xcode.ts
index 598d663b..a4b7f8b3 100644
--- a/src/react-native/xcode.ts
+++ b/src/react-native/xcode.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ export function findDebugFilesUploadPhase(
   });
 }
 
+// React Native SwiftPM autolinking adds a local package at this path.
+export function usesSwiftPMAutolinking(xcodeProjectPath: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return /relativePath = "?build\/generated\/autolinking"?;/.test(
+      fs.readFileSync(xcodeProjectPath, 'utf-8'),
+    );
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 export function writeXcodeProject(
   xcodeProjectPath: string,
   xcodeProject: Project,
diff --git a/test/react-native/xcode.test.ts b/test/react-native/xcode.test.ts
index 40768395..77a1a0b0 100644
--- a/test/react-native/xcode.test.ts
+++ b/test/react-native/xcode.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import {
   findBundlePhase,
   findDebugFilesUploadPhase,
   ErrorPatchSnippet,
+  usesSwiftPMAutolinking,
 } from '../../src/react-native/xcode';
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
+import * as os from 'node:os';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { makeCodeSnippet } from '../../src/utils/clack';
 // @ts-expect-error - clack is ESM and TS complains about that. It works though
@@ -435,4 +439,36 @@ sentry-cli upload-dsym path/to/dsym --include-sources
       expect(findDebugFilesUploadPhase(input)).toBeUndefined();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('usesSwiftPMAutolinking', () => {
+    const writeProject = (content: string) => {
+      const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'test-xcode-project'));
+      const projectPath = path.join(dir, 'project.pbxproj');
+      fs.writeFileSync(projectPath, content);
+      return projectPath;
+    };
+
+    it('returns true for a project with the autolinking package', () => {
+      const projectPath =
+        writeProject(`/* Begin XCLocalSwiftPackageReference section */
+		C2FECF1430FDAAE3BF355839 /* XCLocalSwiftPackageReference "build/generated/autolinking" */ = {isa = XCLocalSwiftPackageReference; relativePath = build/generated/autolinking;};
+/* End XCLocalSwiftPackageReference section */`);
+
+      expect(usesSwiftPMAutolinking(projectPath)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false for a CocoaPods project', () => {
+      const projectPath = writeProject(
+        `shellScript = "\"\${PODS_ROOT}/Target Support Files/Pods-App/Pods-App-frameworks.sh\"\n";`,
+      );
+
+      expect(usesSwiftPMAutolinking(projectPath)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false if the project file does not exist', () => {
+      expect(
+        usesSwiftPMAutolinking(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'missing.pbxproj')),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });