diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88f8f59ae7..e341f47022 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fixes a possible crash from ObjC to Swift nullability conversion in SentryFileManager (#6899)
+
 ## 9.0.0-rc.1
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/SentryFileManagerHelper.m b/Sources/Sentry/SentryFileManagerHelper.m
index 0c680c7ad6..73dc1f4ad8 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/SentryFileManagerHelper.m
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/SentryFileManagerHelper.m
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ - (void)createPathsWithOptions:(SentryOptions *_Nullable)options
 
 #pragma mark - Convenience Accessors
 
-- (NSURL *)getSentryPathAsURL
+- (NSString *)getSentryPath
 {
-    return [NSURL fileURLWithPath:self.sentryPath];
+    return self.sentryPath;
 }
 
 #pragma mark - Envelope
diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryFileManagerHelper.h b/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryFileManagerHelper.h
index a95cfc9e44..8985bc0b10 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryFileManagerHelper.h
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryFileManagerHelper.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ SENTRY_NO_INIT
 - (void)deleteAllEnvelopes;
 
 #pragma mark - Convenience Accessors
-- (NSURL *)getSentryPathAsURL;
+- (NSString *)getSentryPath;
 
 #pragma mark - State
 - (void)moveState:(NSString *)stateFilePath toPreviousState:(NSString *)previousStateFilePath;
diff --git a/Sources/Swift/Helper/SentryFileManager.swift b/Sources/Swift/Helper/SentryFileManager.swift
index ed017fcfc6..908af8c5d0 100644
--- a/Sources/Swift/Helper/SentryFileManager.swift
+++ b/Sources/Swift/Helper/SentryFileManager.swift
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     }
     
     @objc public func getSentryPathAsURL() -> URL {
-        helper.getSentryPathAsURL()
+        URL(fileURLWithPath: helper.getSentryPath())
     }
 
     @objc public func moveState(_ stateFilePath: String, toPreviousState previousStateFilePath: String) {