diff --git a/packages/utils/src/browser.ts b/packages/utils/src/browser.ts
index 30cd546c6ad8..25ccc443a03c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/browser.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from './global';
 import { isString } from './is';
+import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from './worldwide';
 
 /**
  * TODO: Move me to @sentry/browser when @sentry/utils no longer contains any browser code
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index b55e3b0303be..260360522685 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export * from './browser';
 export * from './dsn';
 export * from './error';
-export * from './global';
+export * from './worldwide';
 export * from './instrument';
 export * from './is';
 export * from './logger';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/logger.ts b/packages/utils/src/logger.ts
index 031c969a930d..efa8f49716b9 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { WrappedFunction } from '@sentry/types';
 
-import { getGlobalSingleton, GLOBAL_OBJ } from './global';
+import { getGlobalSingleton, GLOBAL_OBJ } from './worldwide';
 
 /** Prefix for logging strings */
 const PREFIX = 'Sentry Logger ';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/misc.ts b/packages/utils/src/misc.ts
index 8c24439a47d4..aacb4de786e0 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/misc.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/misc.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 import { Event, Exception, Mechanism, StackFrame } from '@sentry/types';
 
-import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from './global';
 import { addNonEnumerableProperty } from './object';
 import { snipLine } from './string';
+import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from './worldwide';
 
 interface CryptoInternal {
   getRandomValues(array: Uint8Array): Uint8Array;
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/global.ts b/packages/utils/src/worldwide.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/utils/src/global.ts
rename to packages/utils/src/worldwide.ts
index 72163749214a..b882136689d0 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/global.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/worldwide.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 /**
  * NOTE: In order to avoid circular dependencies, if you add a function to this module and it needs to print something,
  * you must either a) use `console.log` rather than the logger, or b) put your function elsewhere.
+ *
+ * Note: This file was originally called `global.ts`, but was changed to unblock users which might be doing
+ * string replaces with bundlers like Vite for `global` (would break imports that rely on importing from utils/src/global).
+ *
+ * Why worldwide?
+ *
+ * Why not?
  */
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/global.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/worldwide.test.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from packages/utils/test/global.test.ts
rename to packages/utils/test/worldwide.test.ts
index 722abf678bb0..6137c95c093b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/global.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/worldwide.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from '../src/global';
+import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from '../src/worldwide';
 
 describe('GLOBAL_OBJ', () => {
   test('should return the same object', () => {