diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
index a61e49fe758f..428797f7c223 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { isBuild } from './utils/isBuild';
 import { buildMetadata } from './utils/metadata';
 import { NextjsOptions } from './utils/nextjsOptions';
-import { addOrUpdateIntegration } from './utils/userIntegrations';
+import { addOrUpdateIntegration, updateIntegration } from './utils/userIntegrations';
 
 export * from '@sentry/node';
 export { captureUnderscoreErrorException } from './utils/_error';
@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@ function addServerIntegrations(options: NextjsOptions): void {
   });
   integrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(defaultRewriteFramesIntegration, integrations);
 
-  const nativeBehaviourOnUncaughtException = new Integrations.OnUncaughtException();
-  integrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(nativeBehaviourOnUncaughtException, integrations, {
-    _options: { exitEvenIfOtherHandlersAreRegistered: false },
-  });
-
   if (hasTracingEnabled(options)) {
     const defaultHttpTracingIntegration = new Integrations.Http({ tracing: true });
     integrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(defaultHttpTracingIntegration, integrations, {
@@ -130,6 +125,10 @@ function addServerIntegrations(options: NextjsOptions): void {
     });
   }
 
+  updateIntegration('OnUncaughtException', integrations, {
+    _options: { exitEvenIfOtherHandlersAreRegistered: false },
+  });
+
   options.integrations = integrations;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/utils/userIntegrations.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/utils/userIntegrations.ts
index 5f9e21b6b0f2..d07ed51bbb2d 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/utils/userIntegrations.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/utils/userIntegrations.ts
@@ -82,3 +82,50 @@ function addOrUpdateIntegrationInFunction(
   };
   return wrapper;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Updates the internal fields of a given integration in an integration array or integration function.
+ *
+ * @param defaultIntegrationInstance The `name` field of the integration to patch.
+ * @param userIntegrations Integrations defined by the user.
+ * @param forcedOptions Options with which to patch an existing integration instance.
+ * @returns A final integrations array.
+ */
+export function updateIntegration(
+  integrationName: string,
+  userIntegrations: UserIntegrations,
+  forcedOptions: ForcedIntegrationOptions,
+): UserIntegrations {
+  return Array.isArray(userIntegrations)
+    ? updateIntegrationInArray(integrationName, userIntegrations, forcedOptions)
+    : updateIntegrationInFunction(integrationName, userIntegrations, forcedOptions);
+}
+
+function updateIntegrationInFunction(
+  integrationName: string,
+  userIntegrationsFunc: UserIntegrationsFunction,
+  forcedOptions: ForcedIntegrationOptions,
+): UserIntegrationsFunction {
+  const wrapper: UserIntegrationsFunction = defaultIntegrations => {
+    const userFinalIntegrations = userIntegrationsFunc(defaultIntegrations);
+    updateIntegrationInArray(integrationName, userFinalIntegrations, forcedOptions);
+    return userFinalIntegrations;
+  };
+  return wrapper;
+}
+
+function updateIntegrationInArray(
+  integrationName: string,
+  userIntegrations: Integration[],
+  forcedOptions: ForcedIntegrationOptions,
+): Integration[] {
+  const userInstance = userIntegrations.find(integration => integration.name === integrationName);
+
+  if (userInstance) {
+    for (const [keyPath, value] of Object.entries(forcedOptions)) {
+      setNestedKey(userInstance, keyPath, value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return userIntegrations;
+}
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/test/utils/userIntegrations.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/test/utils/userIntegrations.test.ts
index aa2aeca12e61..40a81a6b69fe 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/test/utils/userIntegrations.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/test/utils/userIntegrations.test.ts
@@ -1,50 +1,105 @@
 import { RewriteFrames } from '@sentry/integrations';
 import { Integration } from '@sentry/types';
 
-import { addOrUpdateIntegration, UserIntegrationsFunction } from '../../src/utils/userIntegrations';
+import { addOrUpdateIntegration, updateIntegration, UserIntegrationsFunction } from '../../src/utils/userIntegrations';
 
 const testIntegration = new RewriteFrames();
 
-describe('user integrations without any integrations', () => {
-  test('as an array', () => {
-    const userIntegrations: Integration[] = [];
-    // Should get a single integration
-    let finalIntegrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, userIntegrations);
-    expect(finalIntegrations).toBeInstanceOf(Array);
-    finalIntegrations = finalIntegrations as Integration[];
-    expect(finalIntegrations).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(finalIntegrations[0]).toMatchObject(testIntegration);
+describe('addOrUpdateIntegration()', () => {
+  describe('user integrations without any integrations', () => {
+    test('as an array', () => {
+      const userIntegrations: Integration[] = [];
+      // Should get a single integration
+      let finalIntegrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, userIntegrations);
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toBeInstanceOf(Array);
+      finalIntegrations = finalIntegrations as Integration[];
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(finalIntegrations[0]).toMatchObject(testIntegration);
+    });
+
+    test('as a function', () => {
+      const userIntegrationFnc: UserIntegrationsFunction = (): Integration[] => [];
+      // Should get a single integration
+      const integrationWrapper = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, userIntegrationFnc);
+      expect(integrationWrapper).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+      const finalIntegrations = (integrationWrapper as UserIntegrationsFunction)([]);
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(finalIntegrations[0]).toMatchObject(testIntegration);
+    });
   });
 
-  test('as a function', () => {
-    const userIntegrationFnc: UserIntegrationsFunction = (): Integration[] => [];
-    // Should get a single integration
-    const integrationWrapper = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, userIntegrationFnc);
-    expect(integrationWrapper).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
-    const finalIntegrations = (integrationWrapper as UserIntegrationsFunction)([]);
-    expect(finalIntegrations).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(finalIntegrations[0]).toMatchObject(testIntegration);
+  describe('user integrations with integrations', () => {
+    test('as an array', () => {
+      const userIntegrations = [new RewriteFrames()];
+      // Should get the same array (with no patches)
+      const finalIntegrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, userIntegrations);
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+    });
+
+    test('as a function', () => {
+      const userIntegrations = [new RewriteFrames()];
+      const integrationsFnc: UserIntegrationsFunction = (_integrations: Integration[]): Integration[] => {
+        return userIntegrations;
+      };
+      // Should get a function that returns the test integration
+      let finalIntegrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, integrationsFnc);
+      expect(typeof finalIntegrations === 'function').toBe(true);
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+      finalIntegrations = finalIntegrations as UserIntegrationsFunction;
+      expect(finalIntegrations([])).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+    });
   });
 });
 
-describe('user integrations with integrations', () => {
-  test('as an array', () => {
-    const userIntegrations = [new RewriteFrames()];
-    // Should get the same array (with no patches)
-    const finalIntegrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, userIntegrations);
-    expect(finalIntegrations).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+describe('updateIntegration()', () => {
+  describe('integrations function', () => {
+    test('should update an integration if it exists', () => {
+      const intagration = new RewriteFrames() as any;
+      const userIntegrations = [intagration];
+      const integrationsFnc: UserIntegrationsFunction = (_integrations: Integration[]): Integration[] => {
+        return userIntegrations;
+      };
+      // Should get a function that returns the test integration
+      let finalIntegrations = updateIntegration('RewriteFrames', integrationsFnc, { _option: true });
+      expect(typeof finalIntegrations === 'function').toBe(true);
+      finalIntegrations = finalIntegrations as UserIntegrationsFunction;
+      const evaluatedIntegrations = finalIntegrations([]);
+      expect(evaluatedIntegrations).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+      expect(intagration._option).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test("should not update an integration if it doesn't exist", () => {
+      const intagration = new RewriteFrames() as any;
+      const userIntegrations = [intagration];
+      const integrationsFnc: UserIntegrationsFunction = (_integrations: Integration[]): Integration[] => {
+        return userIntegrations;
+      };
+      let finalIntegrations = updateIntegration('UncaughtException', integrationsFnc, { _option: true });
+      expect(typeof finalIntegrations === 'function').toBe(true);
+      finalIntegrations = finalIntegrations as UserIntegrationsFunction;
+      const evaluatedIntegrations = finalIntegrations([]);
+      expect(evaluatedIntegrations).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+      expect(intagration._option).not.toBeDefined();
+    });
   });
 
-  test('as a function', () => {
-    const userIntegrations = [new RewriteFrames()];
-    const integrationsFnc: UserIntegrationsFunction = (_integrations: Integration[]): Integration[] => {
-      return userIntegrations;
-    };
-    // Should get a function that returns the test integration
-    let finalIntegrations = addOrUpdateIntegration(testIntegration, integrationsFnc);
-    expect(typeof finalIntegrations === 'function').toBe(true);
-    expect(finalIntegrations).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
-    finalIntegrations = finalIntegrations as UserIntegrationsFunction;
-    expect(finalIntegrations([])).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+  describe('integrations array', () => {
+    test('should update an integration if it exists', () => {
+      const intagration = new RewriteFrames() as any;
+      const userIntegrations = [intagration];
+      const finalIntegrations = updateIntegration('RewriteFrames', userIntegrations, { _option: true });
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toBeInstanceOf(Array);
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+      expect(intagration._option).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test("should not update an integration if it doesn't exist", () => {
+      const intagration = new RewriteFrames() as any;
+      const userIntegrations = [intagration];
+      const finalIntegrations = updateIntegration('UncaughtException', userIntegrations, { _option: true });
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toBeInstanceOf(Array);
+      expect(finalIntegrations).toMatchObject(userIntegrations);
+      expect(intagration._option).not.toBeDefined();
+    });
   });
 });