diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c05a177d..d5cb94a20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - Native/macOS: fix thread stack descriptor. ([#1726](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1726))
 - Native/macOS: honor the `system_crash_reporter_enabled` option. ([#1743](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1743))
 - Cap rate-limit retry-after values at 24 hours to prevent a MITM-provided response from disabling event delivery for the process lifetime. ([#1744](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1744))
+- Fix a shutdown-time use-after-free window in `sentry_close()`. ([#1750](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1750))
 - Native: validate ELF header entry sizes. ([#1746](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1746))
 - Structured logs: respect printf argument widths when extracting log parameters to avoid stack-data disclosure and corrupted attributes on 32-bit platforms. ([#1752](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1752))
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_core.c b/src/sentry_core.c
index 791020260..68afa4129 100644
--- a/src/sentry_core.c
+++ b/src/sentry_core.c
@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ sentry_close(void)
                 || !options->backend->can_capture_after_shutdown)) {
             sentry__run_clean(options->run, false);
         }
+        g_options = NULL;
         sentry_options_free(options);
     } else {
         SENTRY_WARN("sentry_close() called, but options was empty");
     }
 
-    g_options = NULL;
     sentry__mutex_unlock(&g_options_lock);
 
     sentry__scope_cleanup();
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_basic.c b/tests/unit/test_basic.c
index b8915d1af..9fa06b747 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_basic.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_basic.c
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include "sentry_alloc.h"
+#include "sentry_backend.h"
 #include "sentry_core.h"
 #include "sentry_database.h"
 #include "sentry_options.h"
@@ -425,3 +427,30 @@ SENTRY_TEST(installation_id)
 
     sentry_free(id_a);
 }
+
+static void
+backend_free_options_ref(sentry_backend_t *backend)
+{
+    const sentry_options_t **options_ref = backend->data;
+    *options_ref = sentry__options_getref();
+}
+
+SENTRY_TEST(clear_options)
+{
+    const sentry_options_t *options_ref = NULL;
+
+    SENTRY_TEST_OPTIONS_NEW(options);
+
+    sentry_backend_t *backend = SENTRY_MAKE(sentry_backend_t);
+    TEST_ASSERT(!!backend);
+    backend->free_func = backend_free_options_ref;
+    backend->data = &options_ref;
+    sentry_options_set_backend(options, backend);
+
+    sentry_init(options);
+    sentry_close();
+
+    // The backend free hook runs from sentry_options_free(). At that point,
+    // sentry__options_getref() must no longer expose the options.
+    TEST_CHECK(options_ref == NULL);
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests.inc b/tests/unit/tests.inc
index 3529c6845..65de1eb09 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tests.inc
+++ b/tests/unit/tests.inc
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ XX(capture_minidump_without_sentry_init)
 XX(check_version)
 XX(child_spans)
 XX(child_spans_ts)
+XX(clear_options)
 XX(client_report_concurrent)
 XX(client_report_discard)
 XX(client_report_discard_envelope)