diff --git a/src/sentry/feedback/usecases/create_feedback.py b/src/sentry/feedback/usecases/create_feedback.py
index 806922a259e9bb..169777997d838a 100644
--- a/src/sentry/feedback/usecases/create_feedback.py
+++ b/src/sentry/feedback/usecases/create_feedback.py
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ def fix_for_issue_platform(event_data: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     ret_event["level"] = event_data.get("level", "info")
 
     ret_event["environment"] = event_data.get("environment", "production")
+    release_value = event_data.get("release")
+    if release_value:
+        ret_event["release"] = release_value
+
     if event_data.get("sdk"):
         ret_event["sdk"] = event_data["sdk"]
     ret_event["request"] = event_data.get("request", {})
@@ -382,6 +386,9 @@ def create_feedback_issue(
     else:
         event_fixed["tags"]["has_linked_error"] = "false"
 
+    if event_fixed.get("release"):
+        event_fixed["tags"]["release"] = event_fixed["release"]
+
     # make sure event data is valid for issue platform
     validate_issue_platform_event_schema(event_fixed)
 
diff --git a/src/sentry/utils/mockdata/core.py b/src/sentry/utils/mockdata/core.py
index a9f8195eb332b6..d3b83931a9dda6 100644
--- a/src/sentry/utils/mockdata/core.py
+++ b/src/sentry/utils/mockdata/core.py
@@ -1275,6 +1275,9 @@ def create_mock_attachment(event_id, project):
 
 
 def create_mock_user_feedback(project, has_attachment=True):
+    # Get an existing release for this project instead of creating a new one
+    release = Release.objects.filter(projects=project).first()
+
     event = {
         "project_id": project.id,
         "request": {
@@ -1287,7 +1290,6 @@ def create_mock_user_feedback(project, has_attachment=True):
         "timestamp": time.time(),
         "received": "2024-4-27T22:23:29.574000+00:00",
         "environment": next(ENVIRONMENTS),
-        "release": "frontend@daf1316f209d961443664cd6eb4231ca154db502",
         "user": {
             "ip_address": "72.164.175.154",
             "email": "josh.ferge@sentry.io",
@@ -1307,6 +1309,11 @@ def create_mock_user_feedback(project, has_attachment=True):
         "breadcrumbs": [],
         "platform": "javascript",
     }
+
+    # Only add the release field if we found an existing release
+    if release:
+        event["release"] = release.version
+
     create_feedback_issue(event, project.id, FeedbackCreationSource.NEW_FEEDBACK_ENVELOPE)
 
     if has_attachment:
diff --git a/tests/sentry/feedback/usecases/test_create_feedback.py b/tests/sentry/feedback/usecases/test_create_feedback.py
index c662c544b211f4..978ff64b16614f 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/feedback/usecases/test_create_feedback.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/feedback/usecases/test_create_feedback.py
@@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ def test_create_feedback_tags(default_project, mock_produce_occurrence_to_kafka)
     assert tags["associated_event_id"] == event_id
     assert tags["has_linked_error"] == "true"
 
+    # Adds release to tags
+    assert tags["release"] == "frontend@daf1316f209d961443664cd6eb4231ca154db502"
+
 
 @django_db_all
 def test_create_feedback_tags_no_associated_event_id(
@@ -949,3 +952,14 @@ def test_denylist(set_sentry_option, default_project):
 def test_denylist_not_in_list(set_sentry_option, default_project):
     with set_sentry_option("feedback.organizations.slug-denylist", ["not-in-list"]):
         assert is_in_feedback_denylist(default_project.organization) is False
+
+
+@django_db_all
+def test_create_feedback_release(default_project, mock_produce_occurrence_to_kafka):
+    event = mock_feedback_event(default_project.id)
+    create_feedback_issue(event, default_project.id, FeedbackCreationSource.NEW_FEEDBACK_ENVELOPE)
+
+    assert mock_produce_occurrence_to_kafka.call_count == 1
+    produced_event = mock_produce_occurrence_to_kafka.call_args.kwargs["event_data"]
+    assert produced_event.get("release") is not None
+    assert produced_event.get("release") == "frontend@daf1316f209d961443664cd6eb4231ca154db502"