diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b39b437c49..bc13fc4b155 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix Android profile chunk envelope type for UI Profiling ([#4366](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4366))
+
 ## 8.11.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryItemType.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryItemType.java
index 47a0eba3c97..068c37ab1f1 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryItemType.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryItemType.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public enum SentryItemType implements JsonSerializable {
   Attachment("attachment"),
   Transaction("transaction"),
   Profile("profile"),
-  ProfileChunk("profile_chunk_ui"),
+  ProfileChunk("profile_chunk"),
   ClientReport("client_report"),
   ReplayEvent("replay_event"),
   ReplayRecording("replay_recording"),
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/RateLimiter.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/RateLimiter.java
index c2c678cbc30..11a0ea02f46 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/RateLimiter.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/RateLimiter.java
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ private boolean isRetryAfter(final @NotNull String itemType) {
         return DataCategory.Attachment;
       case "profile":
         return DataCategory.Profile;
-      case "profile_chunk_ui":
+        // When we send a profile chunk, we have to check for profile_chunk_ui rate limiting,
+        // because that's what relay returns to rate limit Android. When (if) we will implement JVM
+        // profiling we will have to check both rate limits.
+      case "profile_chunk":
         return DataCategory.ProfileChunkUi;
       case "transaction":
         return DataCategory.Transaction;
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryItemTypeSerializationTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryItemTypeSerializationTest.kt
index 6e7a8191b84..68f8daa1e5d 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryItemTypeSerializationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryItemTypeSerializationTest.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class SentryItemTypeSerializationTest {
         assertEquals(serialize(SentryItemType.Attachment), json("attachment"))
         assertEquals(serialize(SentryItemType.Transaction), json("transaction"))
         assertEquals(serialize(SentryItemType.Profile), json("profile"))
+        assertEquals(serialize(SentryItemType.ProfileChunk), json("profile_chunk"))
         assertEquals(serialize(SentryItemType.ClientReport), json("client_report"))
         assertEquals(serialize(SentryItemType.ReplayEvent), json("replay_event"))
         assertEquals(serialize(SentryItemType.ReplayRecording), json("replay_recording"))
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class SentryItemTypeSerializationTest {
         assertEquals(deserialize(json("attachment")), SentryItemType.Attachment)
         assertEquals(deserialize(json("transaction")), SentryItemType.Transaction)
         assertEquals(deserialize(json("profile")), SentryItemType.Profile)
+        assertEquals(deserialize(json("profile_chunk")), SentryItemType.ProfileChunk)
         assertEquals(deserialize(json("client_report")), SentryItemType.ClientReport)
         assertEquals(deserialize(json("replay_event")), SentryItemType.ReplayEvent)
         assertEquals(deserialize(json("replay_recording")), SentryItemType.ReplayRecording)