diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 715fc65c8..9295eae21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- feat(nextjs): Switch to randomized tunnel route as default ([#1011](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-wizard/pull/1011))
+
 ## 5.1.0
 
 - feat(nextjs): Add template for generateMetadata in App router for next@14 ([#1003](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-wizard/pull/1003))
diff --git a/src/nextjs/templates.ts b/src/nextjs/templates.ts
index ac95230c1..0fdf3d43c 100644
--- a/src/nextjs/templates.ts
+++ b/src/nextjs/templates.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ export function getWithSentryConfigOptionsTemplate({
     // This can increase your server load as well as your hosting bill.
     // Note: Check that the configured route will not match with your Next.js middleware, otherwise reporting of client-
     // side errors will fail.
-    ${tunnelRoute ? '' : '// '}tunnelRoute: "/monitoring",
+    // Setting this to "true" will create a randomized route on each build. You can also provide a static route as a string.
+    ${tunnelRoute ? '' : '// '}tunnelRoute: true,
 
     // Automatically tree-shake Sentry logger statements to reduce bundle size
     disableLogger: true,
diff --git a/test/nextjs/templates.test.ts b/test/nextjs/templates.test.ts
index 643b57034..266532e0d 100644
--- a/test/nextjs/templates.test.ts
+++ b/test/nextjs/templates.test.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ describe('Next.js code templates', () => {
             // This can increase your server load as well as your hosting bill.
             // Note: Check that the configured route will not match with your Next.js middleware, otherwise reporting of client-
             // side errors will fail.
-            tunnelRoute: "/monitoring",
+            tunnelRoute: true,
 
             // Automatically tree-shake Sentry logger statements to reduce bundle size
             disableLogger: true,
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ describe('Next.js code templates', () => {
             // This can increase your server load as well as your hosting bill.
             // Note: Check that the configured route will not match with your Next.js middleware, otherwise reporting of client-
             // side errors will fail.
-            tunnelRoute: "/monitoring",
+            tunnelRoute: true,
 
             // Automatically tree-shake Sentry logger statements to reduce bundle size
             disableLogger: true,
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ describe('Next.js code templates', () => {
             // This can increase your server load as well as your hosting bill.
             // Note: Check that the configured route will not match with your Next.js middleware, otherwise reporting of client-
             // side errors will fail.
-            // tunnelRoute: "/monitoring",
+            // Setting this to "true" will create a randomized route on each build. You can also provide a static route as a string.
+            // tunnelRoute: true,
 
             // Automatically tree-shake Sentry logger statements to reduce bundle size
             disableLogger: true,