diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 234f932c..b6dbae85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- feat(nextjs): Adjust Next.js wizard for usage with v8 SDK (#567)
+
 ## 3.22.1
 
 - fix(wizard): Handle missing auth token in wizard API endpoint response (#566)
@@ -10,11 +14,14 @@
 
 ## 3.21.0
 
-- feat(nextjs): Add comment to add spotlight in Sentry.init for Next.js server config (#545)
+- feat(nextjs): Add comment to add spotlight in Sentry.init for Next.js server
+  config (#545)
 - feat(nextjs): Pin installed Next.js SDK version to version 7 (#550)
 - feat(remix): Add example page (#542)
-- feat(sveltekit): Add comment for spotlight in Sentry.init for SvelteKit server hooks config (#546)
-- ref(nextjs): Add note about `tunnelRoute` and Next.js middleware incompatibility (#544)
+- feat(sveltekit): Add comment for spotlight in Sentry.init for SvelteKit server
+  hooks config (#546)
+- ref(nextjs): Add note about `tunnelRoute` and Next.js middleware
+  incompatibility (#544)
 - ref(remix): Remove Vite dev-mode modification step (#543)
 
 ## 3.20.5
diff --git a/src/nextjs/nextjs-wizard.ts b/src/nextjs/nextjs-wizard.ts
index 49809f00..2061e66c 100644
--- a/src/nextjs/nextjs-wizard.ts
+++ b/src/nextjs/nextjs-wizard.ts
@@ -12,25 +12,27 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import {
   abort,
   abortIfCancelled,
-  addSentryCliConfig,
+  addDotEnvSentryBuildPluginFile,
   askShouldCreateExamplePage,
   confirmContinueIfNoOrDirtyGitRepo,
+  createNewConfigFile,
   ensurePackageIsInstalled,
   getOrAskForProjectData,
   getPackageDotJson,
   installPackage,
   isUsingTypeScript,
   printWelcome,
+  showCopyPasteInstructions,
 } from '../utils/clack-utils';
 import { SentryProjectData, WizardOptions } from '../utils/types';
 import {
   getFullUnderscoreErrorCopyPasteSnippet,
   getGlobalErrorCopyPasteSnippet,
+  getInstrumentationHookContent,
+  getInstrumentationHookCopyPasteSnippet,
   getNextjsConfigCjsAppendix,
   getNextjsConfigCjsTemplate,
   getNextjsConfigEsmCopyPasteSnippet,
-  getNextjsSentryBuildOptionsTemplate,
-  getNextjsWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate,
   getSentryConfigContents,
   getSentryDefaultGlobalErrorPage,
   getSentryDefaultUnderscoreErrorPage,
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   getSentryExampleAppDirApiRoute,
   getSentryExamplePageContents,
   getSimpleUnderscoreErrorCopyPasteSnippet,
+  getWithSentryConfigOptionsTemplate,
 } from './templates';
 import { traceStep, withTelemetry } from '../telemetry';
 import { getPackageVersion, hasPackageInstalled } from '../utils/package-json';
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ export async function runNextjsWizardWithTelemetry(
   Sentry.setTag('sdk-already-installed', sdkAlreadyInstalled);
 
   await installPackage({
-    packageName: '@sentry/nextjs@^7.105.0',
+    packageName: '@sentry/nextjs@^8',
     alreadyInstalled: !!packageJson?.dependencies?.['@sentry/nextjs'],
   });
 
@@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ export async function runNextjsWizardWithTelemetry(
       clack.log.info(
         `It seems like you already have a custom error page for your app directory.\n\nPlease add the following code to your custom error page\nat ${chalk.cyan(
           path.join(...appDirLocation, globalErrorPageFile),
-        )}:`,
+        )}:\n`,
       );
 
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ export async function runNextjsWizardWithTelemetry(
     );
   }
 
-  await addSentryCliConfig({ authToken });
+  await addDotEnvSentryBuildPluginFile(authToken);
 
   const mightBeUsingVercel = fs.existsSync(
     path.join(process.cwd(), 'vercel.json'),
@@ -390,23 +393,75 @@ async function createOrMergeNextJsFiles(
     });
   }
 
-  const sentryWebpackOptionsTemplate = getNextjsWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate(
-    selectedProject.organization.slug,
-    selectedProject.slug,
-    selfHosted,
-    sentryUrl,
-  );
+  await traceStep('setup-instrumentation-hook', async () => {
+    const srcInstrumentationTsExists = fs.existsSync(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), 'src', 'instrumentation.ts'),
+    );
+    const srcInstrumentationJsExists = fs.existsSync(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), 'src', 'instrumentation.js'),
+    );
+    const instrumentationTsExists = fs.existsSync(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), 'instrumentation.ts'),
+    );
+    const instrumentationJsExists = fs.existsSync(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), 'instrumentation.js'),
+    );
+
+    let instrumentationHookLocation: 'src' | 'root' | 'does-not-exist';
+    if (srcInstrumentationTsExists || srcInstrumentationJsExists) {
+      instrumentationHookLocation = 'src';
+    } else if (instrumentationTsExists || instrumentationJsExists) {
+      instrumentationHookLocation = 'root';
+    } else {
+      instrumentationHookLocation = 'does-not-exist';
+    }
 
-  const { tunnelRoute } = sdkConfigOptions;
+    if (instrumentationHookLocation === 'does-not-exist') {
+      const srcFolderExists = fs.existsSync(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src'));
 
-  const sentryBuildOptionsTemplate = getNextjsSentryBuildOptionsTemplate({
-    tunnelRoute,
-  });
+      const instrumentationHookPath = srcFolderExists
+        ? path.join(process.cwd(), 'src', 'instrumentation.ts')
+        : path.join(process.cwd(), 'instrumentation.ts');
 
-  const nextConfigJs = 'next.config.js';
-  const nextConfigMjs = 'next.config.mjs';
+      const successfullyCreated = await createNewConfigFile(
+        instrumentationHookPath,
+        getInstrumentationHookContent(srcFolderExists ? 'src' : 'root'),
+      );
+
+      if (!successfullyCreated) {
+        await showCopyPasteInstructions(
+          'instrumentation.ts',
+          getInstrumentationHookCopyPasteSnippet(
+            srcFolderExists ? 'src' : 'root',
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      await showCopyPasteInstructions(
+        srcInstrumentationTsExists
+          ? 'instrumentation.ts'
+          : srcInstrumentationJsExists
+          ? 'instrumentation.js'
+          : instrumentationTsExists
+          ? 'instrumentation.ts'
+          : 'instrumentation.js',
+        getInstrumentationHookCopyPasteSnippet(instrumentationHookLocation),
+      );
+    }
+  });
 
   await traceStep('setup-next-config', async () => {
+    const withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate = getWithSentryConfigOptionsTemplate({
+      orgSlug: selectedProject.organization.slug,
+      projectSlug: selectedProject.slug,
+      selfHosted,
+      url: sentryUrl,
+      tunnelRoute: sdkConfigOptions.tunnelRoute,
+    });
+
+    const nextConfigJs = 'next.config.js';
+    const nextConfigMjs = 'next.config.mjs';
+
     const nextConfigJsExists = fs.existsSync(
       path.join(process.cwd(), nextConfigJs),
     );
@@ -419,10 +474,7 @@ async function createOrMergeNextJsFiles(
 
       await fs.promises.writeFile(
         path.join(process.cwd(), nextConfigJs),
-        getNextjsConfigCjsTemplate(
-          sentryWebpackOptionsTemplate,
-          sentryBuildOptionsTemplate,
-        ),
+        getNextjsConfigCjsTemplate(withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate),
         { encoding: 'utf8', flag: 'w' },
       );
 
@@ -460,10 +512,7 @@ async function createOrMergeNextJsFiles(
       if (shouldInject) {
         await fs.promises.appendFile(
           path.join(process.cwd(), nextConfigJs),
-          getNextjsConfigCjsAppendix(
-            sentryWebpackOptionsTemplate,
-            sentryBuildOptionsTemplate,
-          ),
+          getNextjsConfigCjsAppendix(withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate),
           'utf8',
         );
 
@@ -514,8 +563,7 @@ async function createOrMergeNextJsFiles(
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
           mod.exports.default = builders.raw(`withSentryConfig(
       ${expressionToWrap},
-      ${sentryWebpackOptionsTemplate},
-      ${sentryBuildOptionsTemplate}
+      ${withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate}
 )`);
           const newCode = mod.generate().code;
 
@@ -550,10 +598,7 @@ async function createOrMergeNextJsFiles(
 
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
         console.log(
-          getNextjsConfigEsmCopyPasteSnippet(
-            sentryWebpackOptionsTemplate,
-            sentryBuildOptionsTemplate,
-          ),
+          getNextjsConfigEsmCopyPasteSnippet(withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate),
         );
 
         const shouldContinue = await abortIfCancelled(
diff --git a/src/nextjs/templates.ts b/src/nextjs/templates.ts
index 8c8e142e..0cec70ec 100644
--- a/src/nextjs/templates.ts
+++ b/src/nextjs/templates.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { makeCodeSnippet } from '../utils/clack-utils';
 
-export function getNextjsWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate(
-  orgSlug: string,
-  projectSlug: string,
-  selfHosted: boolean,
-  url: string,
-): string {
+type WithSentryConfigOptions = {
+  orgSlug: string;
+  projectSlug: string;
+  selfHosted: boolean;
+  url: string;
+  tunnelRoute: boolean;
+};
+
+export function getWithSentryConfigOptionsTemplate({
+  orgSlug,
+  projectSlug,
+  selfHosted,
+  tunnelRoute,
+  url,
+}: WithSentryConfigOptions): string {
   return `{
     // For all available options, see:
     // https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-webpack-plugin#options
 
-    // Suppresses source map uploading logs during build
-    silent: true,
     org: "${orgSlug}",
     project: "${projectSlug}",${selfHosted ? `\n    url: "${url}"` : ''}
-  }`;
-}
 
-type SentryNextjsBuildOptions = {
-  tunnelRoute: boolean;
-};
+    // Only print logs for uploading source maps in CI
+    silent: !process.env.CI,
 
-export function getNextjsSentryBuildOptionsTemplate({
-  tunnelRoute,
-}: SentryNextjsBuildOptions): string {
-  return `{
     // For all available options, see:
     // https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/javascript/guides/nextjs/manual-setup/
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export function getNextjsSentryBuildOptionsTemplate({
     // Automatically tree-shake Sentry logger statements to reduce bundle size
     disableLogger: true,
 
-    // Enables automatic instrumentation of Vercel Cron Monitors.
+    // Enables automatic instrumentation of Vercel Cron Monitors. (Does not yet work with App Router route handlers.)
     // See the following for more information:
     // https://docs.sentry.io/product/crons/
     // https://vercel.com/docs/cron-jobs
@@ -57,8 +58,7 @@ export function getNextjsSentryBuildOptionsTemplate({
 }
 
 export function getNextjsConfigCjsTemplate(
-  sentryWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate: string,
-  sentryBuildOptionsTemplate: string,
+  withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate: string,
 ): string {
   return `const { withSentryConfig } = require("@sentry/nextjs");
 
@@ -67,15 +67,13 @@ const nextConfig = {};
 
 module.exports = withSentryConfig(
   nextConfig,
-  ${sentryWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate},
-  ${sentryBuildOptionsTemplate}
+  ${withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate}
 );
 `;
 }
 
 export function getNextjsConfigCjsAppendix(
-  sentryWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate: string,
-  sentryBuildOptionsTemplate: string,
+  withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate: string,
 ): string {
   return `
 
@@ -85,15 +83,13 @@ const { withSentryConfig } = require("@sentry/nextjs");
 
 module.exports = withSentryConfig(
   module.exports,
-  ${sentryWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate},
-  ${sentryBuildOptionsTemplate}
+  ${withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate}
 );
 `;
 }
 
 export function getNextjsConfigEsmCopyPasteSnippet(
-  sentryWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate: string,
-  sentryBuildOptionsTemplate: string,
+  withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate: string,
 ): string {
   return `
 
@@ -102,8 +98,7 @@ import { withSentryConfig } from "@sentry/nextjs";
 
 export default withSentryConfig(
   yourNextConfig,
-  ${sentryWebpackPluginOptionsTemplate},
-  ${sentryBuildOptionsTemplate}
+  ${withSentryConfigOptionsTemplate}
 );
 `;
 }
@@ -152,7 +147,7 @@ export function getSentryConfigContents(
   if (config === 'server') {
     spotlightOption = `
 
-  // uncomment the line below to enable Spotlight (https://spotlightjs.com)
+  // Uncomment the line below to enable Spotlight (https://spotlightjs.com)
   // spotlight: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
   `;
   }
@@ -344,6 +339,45 @@ YourCustomErrorComponent.getInitialProps = async (contextData${
 `;
 }
 
+export function getInstrumentationHookContent(
+  instrumentationHookLocation: 'src' | 'root',
+) {
+  return `export async function register() {
+  if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === 'nodejs') {
+    await import('${
+      instrumentationHookLocation === 'root' ? '.' : '..'
+    }/sentry.server.config');
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === 'edge') {
+    await import('${
+      instrumentationHookLocation === 'root' ? '.' : '..'
+    }/sentry.edge.config');
+  }
+}
+`;
+}
+
+export function getInstrumentationHookCopyPasteSnippet(
+  instrumentationHookLocation: 'src' | 'root',
+) {
+  return makeCodeSnippet(true, (unchanged, plus) => {
+    return unchanged(`export ${plus('async')} function register() {
+  ${plus(`if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === 'nodejs') {
+    await import('${
+      instrumentationHookLocation === 'root' ? '.' : '..'
+    }/sentry.server.config');
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === 'edge') {
+    await import('${
+      instrumentationHookLocation === 'root' ? '.' : '..'
+    }/sentry.edge.config');
+  }`)}
+}`);
+  });
+}
+
 export function getSentryDefaultGlobalErrorPage() {
   return `"use client";
 
diff --git a/src/sourcemaps/tools/nextjs.ts b/src/sourcemaps/tools/nextjs.ts
index cecb0044..bffb4101 100644
--- a/src/sourcemaps/tools/nextjs.ts
+++ b/src/sourcemaps/tools/nextjs.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import * as clack from '@clack/prompts';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { runNextjsWizard } from '../../nextjs/nextjs-wizard';
 import { traceStep } from '../../telemetry';
-import { abortIfCancelled, addSentryCliConfig } from '../../utils/clack-utils';
+import {
+  abortIfCancelled,
+  addDotEnvSentryBuildPluginFile,
+} from '../../utils/clack-utils';
 import { WizardOptions } from '../../utils/types';
 
 import { SourceMapUploadToolConfigurationOptions } from './types';
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ In case you already tried the wizard, we can also show you how to configure your
     );
 
     await traceStep('nextjs-manual-sentryclirc', () =>
-      addSentryCliConfig({ authToken: options.authToken }),
+      addDotEnvSentryBuildPluginFile(options.authToken),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/clack-utils.ts b/src/utils/clack-utils.ts
index 5ce191d3..1128b973 100644
--- a/src/utils/clack-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/clack-utils.ts
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ ${chalk.cyan('https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-wizard/issues')}`);
     clack.log.info(`In the meantime, we'll add a dummy auth token (${chalk.cyan(
       `"${DUMMY_AUTH_TOKEN}"`,
     )}) for you to replace later.
-Create your auth token here:      
+Create your auth token here:
 ${chalk.cyan(
   selfHosted
     ? `${sentryUrl}organizations/${selectedProject.organization.slug}/settings/auth-tokens`