diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5a6cf977..8bfab338e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- Use `ActionDispatch::ExceptionWrapper` for correct HTTP status code ([#2850](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2850))
 - Add explicit dependency on logger gem to fix Ruby 4.0 warning ([#2837](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2837))
 
 ### Internal
diff --git a/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/capture_exceptions.rb b/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/capture_exceptions.rb
index 5e581c00a..4f11a5eec 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/capture_exceptions.rb
+++ b/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/capture_exceptions.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ def show_exceptions?(exception, env)
           request.show_exceptions?
         end
       end
+
+      def status_code_for_exception(exception)
+        ActionDispatch::ExceptionWrapper.status_code_for_exception(exception.class.name)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb
index aee2c38f9..6364c19f7 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/tracing_spec.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,63 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context "with report_rescued_exceptions and public error pages" do
+    before do
+      make_basic_app do |config, app|
+        config.traces_sample_rate = 1.0
+        config.rails.report_rescued_exceptions = true
+        config.excluded_exceptions -= ['ActionController::RoutingError']
+        app.config.consider_all_requests_local = false
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "records correct status code for 404 errors served by public error pages" do
+      get "/nonexistent_route"
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:not_found)
+      expect(transport.events.count).to be >= 1
+
+      event = transport.events.first.to_h
+      expect(event.dig(:contexts, :trace, :data, "http.response.status_code")).to eq(404)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "with public error pages for controller exceptions" do
+    before do
+      make_basic_app do |config, app|
+        config.traces_sample_rate = 1.0
+        app.config.consider_all_requests_local = false
+        config.trace_ignore_status_codes = [(301..303), (305..399)]
+
+        # In Rails < 6.0, ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound is not automatically mapped to :not_found
+        # https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/main/guides/source/configuring.md?configaction_dispatchrescue_responses
+        # We need to add it to the rescue_responses hash
+        if Rails.gem_version < Gem::Version.new("6.0.0")
+          ActionDispatch::ExceptionWrapper.rescue_responses['ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound'] = :not_found
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "records correct status when Rails rescues exception to non-500 status" do
+      get "/posts/999999"
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:not_found)
+      expect(transport.events.count).to eq(1)
+
+      transaction = transport.events.last.to_h
+
+      expect(transaction[:type]).to eq("transaction")
+      expect(transaction.dig(:contexts, :trace, :status)).to eq("not_found")
+      expect(transaction.dig(:contexts, :trace, :data, "http.response.status_code")).to eq(404)
+
+      first_span = transaction[:spans][0]
+      expect(first_span[:op]).to eq("view.process_action.action_controller")
+      expect(first_span[:description]).to eq("PostsController#show")
+      expect(first_span[:status]).to eq("internal_error")
+      expect(first_span[:data]["http.response.status_code"]).to eq(500)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "filtering pii data" do
     context "with send_default_pii = false" do
       before do
@@ -210,6 +267,8 @@
           config.traces_sample_rate = 1.0
           config.sdk_logger = logger
           config.rails.assets_regexp = %r{/foo/}
+          # Allow 404 status codes to be traced (default ignores 401-404)
+          config.trace_ignore_status_codes = [(301..303), (305..399)]
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb
index 40cdfb4f8..a475fa79a 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def call(env)
               raise # Don't capture Sentry errors
             rescue Exception => e
               capture_exception(e, env)
-              finish_transaction(transaction, 500)
+              finish_transaction(transaction, status_code_for_exception(e))
               raise
             end
 
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ def finish_transaction(transaction, status_code)
       def mechanism
         Sentry::Mechanism.new(type: MECHANISM_TYPE, handled: false)
       end
+
+      def status_code_for_exception(exception)
+        500
+      end
     end
   end
 end