diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0112697..1814d1f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Remove incorrect checks if performance tracing should be enabled and rely on the transaction sampling decision instead (#600)
+- Fix `SENTRY_RELEASE` .env variable not working when using config caching (#603)
 
 ## 3.0.0
 
diff --git a/config/sentry.php b/config/sentry.php
index 08c918bf..2635ca7b 100644
--- a/config/sentry.php
+++ b/config/sentry.php
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
     'dsn' => env('SENTRY_LARAVEL_DSN', env('SENTRY_DSN')),
 
-    // capture release as git sha
-    // 'release' => trim(exec('git --git-dir ' . base_path('.git') . ' log --pretty="%h" -n1 HEAD')),
+    // The release version of your application
+    // Example with dynamic git hash: trim(exec('git --git-dir ' . base_path('.git') . ' log --pretty="%h" -n1 HEAD'))
+    'release' => env('SENTRY_RELEASE'),
 
     // When left empty or `null` the Laravel environment will be used
     'environment' => env('SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT'),