diff --git a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts
index 4ddd9f115189..3ef46faa9e90 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node-core';
-import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 import { CronJob } from 'cron';
 import { setupOtel } from '../../../utils/setupOtel';
 
 const client = Sentry.init({
-  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  dsn: process.env.SENTRY_DSN,
   release: '1.0',
-  transport: loggingTransport,
 });
 
 setupOtel(client);
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
index 60edd2812b4b..8209e2332042 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ afterAll(() => {
 
 test('cron instrumentation', async () => {
   await createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario.ts')
+    .withMockSentryServer()
     .expect({
       check_in: {
         check_in_id: expect.any(String),
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts
index 6fe6838844de..a51eab1d8d6f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/scenario.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
-import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 import { CronJob } from 'cron';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  dsn: process.env.SENTRY_DSN,
   release: '1.0',
-  transport: loggingTransport,
 });
 
 const CronJobWithCheckIn = Sentry.cron.instrumentCron(CronJob, 'my-cron-job');
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
index 078cc0997221..3606b4d02808 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ afterAll(() => {
 
 test('cron instrumentation', { timeout: 30_000 }, async () => {
   await createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario.ts')
+    .withMockSentryServer()
     .expect({
       check_in: {
         check_in_id: expect.any(String),