diff --git a/sentry_sdk/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
index f60c31e676..b2a39b7af1 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ def _generate_installed_modules():
 
         yielded = set()
         for dist in metadata.distributions():
-            name = dist.metadata["Name"]
+            name = dist.metadata.get("Name", None)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             # `metadata` values may be `None`, see:
             # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91216
             # and
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 894638bf4d..6083ad7ad2 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -650,12 +650,12 @@ def test_installed_modules():
 
     if importlib_available:
         importlib_distributions = {
-            _normalize_distribution_name(dist.metadata["Name"]): version(
-                dist.metadata["Name"]
+            _normalize_distribution_name(dist.metadata.get("Name", None)): version(
+                dist.metadata.get("Name", None)
             )
             for dist in distributions()
-            if dist.metadata["Name"] is not None
-            and version(dist.metadata["Name"]) is not None
+            if dist.metadata.get("Name", None) is not None
+            and version(dist.metadata.get("Name", None)) is not None
         }
         assert installed_distributions == importlib_distributions