diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 0d2a07c516ea..3be668fbbdfb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export { hasTracingEnabled } from './utils/hasTracingEnabled';
 export { isSentryRequestUrl } from './utils/isSentryRequestUrl';
 export { handleCallbackErrors } from './utils/handleCallbackErrors';
 export { parameterize } from './utils/parameterize';
-export { setNormalizedRequest } from './utils/sdkProcessingMetadata';
+export { setRequestEventData } from './utils/sdkProcessingMetadata';
 export {
   spanToTraceHeader,
   spanToJSON,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/sdkProcessingMetadata.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/sdkProcessingMetadata.ts
index af425bfdfcdc..de47c290b403 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/sdkProcessingMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/sdkProcessingMetadata.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function mergeSdkProcessingMetadata(
  * By default, this will put this data on the isolation scope,
  * but you can also pass a different scope to set the data on.
  */
-export function setNormalizedRequest(normalizedRequest: Request, scope = getIsolationScope()): void {
+export function setRequestEventData(normalizedRequest: Request, scope = getIsolationScope()): void {
   const normalizedRequestBefore = scope.getScopeData().sdkProcessingMetadata['normalizedRequest'];
 
   const newNormalizedRequest = {
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts
index 6eac2b1c2657..96e53f28f38e 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { VERSION } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import type { InstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import { getRequestInfo } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http';
-import { addBreadcrumb, getClient, getIsolationScope, setNormalizedRequest, withIsolationScope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { addBreadcrumb, getClient, getIsolationScope, setRequestEventData, withIsolationScope } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { PolymorphicRequest, RequestEventData, SanitizedRequestData, Scope } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
   getBreadcrumbLogLevelFromHttpStatusCode,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export class SentryHttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<SentryHttpIns
         // Update the isolation scope, isolate this request
         // TODO(v9): Stop setting `request`, we only rely on normalizedRequest anymore
         isolationScope.setSDKProcessingMetadata({ request });
-        setNormalizedRequest(normalizedRequest, isolationScope);
+        setRequestEventData(normalizedRequest, isolationScope);
 
         const client = getClient<NodeClient>();
         if (client && client.getOptions().autoSessionTracking) {
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ function patchRequestToCaptureBody(req: IncomingMessage, isolationScope: Scope):
                 const body = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf-8');
 
                 if (body) {
-                  setNormalizedRequest({ data: body }, isolationScope);
+                  setRequestEventData({ data: body }, isolationScope);
                 }
               } catch {
                 // ignore errors here