diff --git a/build/teamcity/internal/release/process/trigger-sentry-panic.sh b/build/teamcity/internal/release/process/trigger-sentry-panic.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..223a9f300421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/teamcity/internal/release/process/trigger-sentry-panic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2023 The Cockroach Authors.
+#
+# Use of this software is governed by the CockroachDB Software License
+# included in the /LICENSE file.
+
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+if [[ -n "${DRY_RUN}" ]] ; then
+  echo "Skipping this step in dry-run mode"
+  exit
+fi
+
+dir="$(dirname $(dirname $(dirname $(dirname $(dirname "${0}")))))"
+source "$dir/release/teamcity-support.sh"
+version=$(grep -v "^#" "$dir/../pkg/build/version.txt" | head -n1)
+
+google_credentials="$GCS_CREDENTIALS_PROD" log_into_gcloud
+gsutil cp "gs://cockroach-release-artifacts-staged-prod/cockroach-$version.linux-amd64.tgz" ./
+tar xf "cockroach-$version.linux-amd64.tgz"
+echo "select crdb_internal.force_panic('testing');" | "./cockroach-${version}.linux-amd64/cockroach" demo --insecure || true
+rm -rf "cockroach-$version.linux-amd64.tgz" "cockroach-${version}.linux-amd64"
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/cmd/release/BUILD.bazel
index cd29ccbf2279..455a9f5fd9af 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ go_library(
         "orchestration.go",
         "pick_sha.go",
         "sender.go",
-        "sentry.go",
         "set_cockroach_version.go",
         "templates.go",
         "update_brew.go",
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/pick_sha.go b/pkg/cmd/release/pick_sha.go
index ff16d1bfa432..714ab63c1237 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/pick_sha.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/pick_sha.go
@@ -151,9 +151,5 @@ func pickSHA(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	if err := sendMailPickSHA(args, opts); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot send email: %w", err)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("Generating panic")
-	if err := generatePanic(nextRelease.buildInfo.Tag); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot generate panic: %w", err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/sentry.go b/pkg/cmd/release/sentry.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd16e09d1a3..000000000000
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/sentry.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Cockroach Authors.
-//
-// Use of this software is governed by the CockroachDB Software License
-// included in the /LICENSE file.
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os/exec"
-)
-
-// generatePanic downloads the cockroachdb binary and forces a panic crash in order to trigger a Sentry event,
-// which should file a GitHub issue.
-func generatePanic(tag string) error {
-	// the call usually exits non-zero on panic, but we don't need to fail in that case, thus "|| true"
-	// TODO: do not hardcode the URL
-	script := fmt.Sprintf(`
-set -exuo pipefail
-curl --retry-connrefused --retry 5 --fail --silent --show-error --output /dev/stdout --url https://storage.googleapis.com/cockroach-builds-artifacts-prod/cockroach-%s.linux-amd64.tgz | tar -xz
-./cockroach-%s.linux-amd64/cockroach demo --insecure -e "select crdb_internal.force_panic('testing')" || true
-`, tag, tag)
-	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", script)
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate panic. output was: %s, err: %w", string(out), err)
-	}
-	fmt.Println(string(out))
-	return nil
-}