diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 774b6f78d2..16b1d5d77b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 - Populate `trace_ids` in mobile replays so replays can be searched by trace ID ([#6786](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6786))
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Preserve already-quoted React Native bundle script paths in the Expo iOS plugin ([#6796](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6796))
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Android SDK from v8.57.0 to v8.58.0 ([#6778](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6778))
diff --git a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts
index 6c56dfbb84..a9947041fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts
+++ b/packages/core/plugin/src/withSentryIOS.ts
@@ -99,14 +99,15 @@ export function addSentryWithBundledScriptsToBundleShellScript(
   disableAutoUpload: boolean = false,
 ): string {
   const disableAutoUploadExport = disableAutoUpload ? `${SENTRY_DISABLE_AUTO_UPLOAD_EXPORT}\n` : '';
-  // Match through end-of-line so the full react-native-xcode.sh invocation (which in the bare/monorepo
-  // templates is a backtick command substitution ending in `'"` + backtick) stays inside `${match}`.
-  // Both the Sentry script path and the original invocation are wrapped in double quotes so paths
-  // containing spaces are passed as single arguments instead of being word-split. See issue #6583.
-  return script.replace(
-    /^.*?(packager|scripts)\/react-native-xcode\.sh.*$/m,
-    (match: string) => `${disableAutoUploadExport}/bin/sh "${SENTRY_REACT_NATIVE_XCODE_PATH}" "${match}"`,
-  );
+  // Match through end-of-line so command substitutions in Expo templates stay intact.
+  // Quote unquoted invocations so paths containing spaces remain one argument (#6583).
+  // Preserve existing outer double quotes: adding another pair would expose the
+  // command substitution's result to word splitting.
+  return script.replace(/^.*?(packager|scripts)\/react-native-xcode\.sh.*$/m, (match: string) => {
+    const invocation = match.trim();
+    const argument = invocation.startsWith('"') && invocation.endsWith('"') ? invocation : `"${invocation}"`;
+    return `${disableAutoUploadExport}/bin/sh "${SENTRY_REACT_NATIVE_XCODE_PATH}" ${argument}`;
+  });
 }
 
 export function getDebugFilesUploadScript(disableAutoUpload: boolean = false): string {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts b/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts
index 3e7c33abec..ce5bc4e97c 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/expo-plugin/modifyXcodeProject.test.ts
@@ -530,6 +530,31 @@ export NODE_BINARY=node
     expect((result.match(/`/g) || []).length % 2).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  it('preserves the quoted command substitution from the Expo template', () => {
+    const invocation = `"\`"$NODE_BINARY" --print "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('react-native/package.json')) + '/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh'"\`"`;
+
+    const result = addSentryWithBundledScriptsToBundleShellScript(invocation);
+
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      `/bin/sh "\`"$NODE_BINARY" --print "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json')) + '/scripts/sentry-xcode.sh'"\`" ${invocation}`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['"/project with spaces/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh"', '"/project with spaces/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh"'],
+    [
+      '  "/project with spaces/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh"  ',
+      '"/project with spaces/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh"',
+    ],
+    ['  /project/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh  ', '"/project/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh"'],
+  ])('generates a single pair of outer quotes without surrounding whitespace: %s', (invocation, expectedPath) => {
+    const result = addSentryWithBundledScriptsToBundleShellScript(invocation, true);
+
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      `export SENTRY_DISABLE_AUTO_UPLOAD=true\n/bin/sh "\`"$NODE_BINARY" --print "require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@sentry/react-native/package.json')) + '/scripts/sentry-xcode.sh'"\`" ${expectedPath}`,
+    );
+  });
+
   it('quotes the debug files upload script path', () => {
     const result = getDebugFilesUploadScript();
     expect(result).toContain('/bin/sh "`');