diff --git a/examples/example-expo-latest/package.json b/examples/example-expo-latest/package.json
index 5fd9e8b4..1c63e771 100644
--- a/examples/example-expo-latest/package.json
+++ b/examples/example-expo-latest/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "expo-localization": "~15.0.3",
     "expo-status-bar": "~1.12.1",
     "posthog-react-native": "file:.yalc/posthog-react-native",
-    "posthog-react-native-session-replay": "^0.1.2",
+    "posthog-react-native-session-replay": "^0.1.6",
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-native": "0.74.5"
   },
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md b/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
index cf26682c..2ab7d465 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Next
 
+# 3.3.12 - 2024-11-18
+
+1. fix: session replay forces the session id if the SDK is already enabled
+
 # 3.3.11 - 2024-11-13
 
 1. fix: respect the given propsToCapture autocapture option
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/package.json b/posthog-react-native/package.json
index 1636d1ee..a980d0ba 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/package.json
+++ b/posthog-react-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posthog-react-native",
-  "version": "3.3.11",
+  "version": "3.3.12",
   "main": "lib/posthog-react-native/index.js",
   "files": [
     "lib/"
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts b/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts
index 40ec82ce..eaddfc26 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts
+++ b/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,17 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
     return !this.isDisabled && (this._enableSessionReplay ?? false)
   }
 
+  _resetSessionId(
+    reactNativeSessionReplay: typeof OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay | undefined,
+    sessionId: string
+  ): void {
+    // _resetSessionId is only called if reactNativeSessionReplay not undefined, but the linter wasn't happy
+    if (reactNativeSessionReplay) {
+      reactNativeSessionReplay.endSession()
+      reactNativeSessionReplay.startSession(sessionId)
+    }
+  }
+
   getSessionId(): string {
     const sessionId = super.getSessionId()
 
@@ -227,8 +238,7 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
     if (sessionId.length > 0 && this._currentSessionId && sessionId !== this._currentSessionId) {
       if (OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay) {
         try {
-          OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.endSession()
-          OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.startSession(sessionId)
+          this._resetSessionId(OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay, sessionId)
           this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay started with sessionId ${sessionId}.`))
         } catch (e) {
           this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
@@ -237,6 +247,11 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
         }
       }
       this._currentSessionId = sessionId
+    } else {
+      console.log(
+        'PostHog Debug',
+        `Session replay session id not rotated, sessionId ${sessionId} and currentSessionId ${this._currentSessionId}.`
+      )
     }
 
     return sessionId
@@ -342,7 +357,11 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
               console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay started with sessionId ${sessionId}.`)
             )
           } else {
-            this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay already started.`))
+            // if somehow the SDK is already enabled with a different sessionId, we reset it
+            this._resetSessionId(OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay, sessionId)
+            this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+              console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay already started with sessionId ${sessionId}.`)
+            )
           }
         } catch (e) {
           this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to start: ${e}.`))