diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e673e2497..7ff85b3e40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * Fix: Clock drift issue when calling DateUtils#getDateTimeWithMillisPrecision (#1557)
 * Feat: Set mechanism type in SentryExceptionResolver (#1556)
 * Ref: Prefer snake case for HTTP integration data keys (#1559)
+* Fix: Assign lastEventId only if event was queued for submission (#1565)
 
 ## 5.1.0-beta.1
 
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index 1e25bf9548..1bb674dc44 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/Scope {
 	public fun addBreadcrumb (Lio/sentry/Breadcrumb;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
 	public fun addEventProcessor (Lio/sentry/EventProcessor;)V
 	public fun clear ()V
+	public fun clearAttachments ()V
 	public fun clearBreadcrumbs ()V
 	public fun clearTransaction ()V
 	public fun getContexts ()Lio/sentry/protocol/Contexts;
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Hub.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Hub.java
index 9daf50a9d4..490da48cbc 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Hub.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Hub.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public boolean isEnabled() {
         assignTraceContext(event);
         final StackItem item = stack.peek();
         sentryId = item.getClient().captureEvent(event, item.getScope(), hint);
+        this.lastEventId = sentryId;
       } catch (Exception e) {
         options
             .getLogger()
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ public boolean isEnabled() {
                 SentryLevel.ERROR, "Error while capturing event with id: " + event.getEventId(), e);
       }
     }
-    this.lastEventId = sentryId;
     return sentryId;
   }
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/HubTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/HubTest.kt
index 2195afc283..a1aea67909 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/HubTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/HubTest.kt
@@ -287,6 +287,19 @@ class HubTest {
         verify(mockClient).captureEvent(eq(event), any(), eq(hint))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `when captureEvent is called on disabled hub, lastEventId does not get overwritten`() {
+        val (sut, mockClient) = getEnabledHub()
+        whenever(mockClient.captureEvent(any(), any(), anyOrNull())).thenReturn(SentryId(UUID.randomUUID()))
+        val event = SentryEvent()
+        val hint = { }
+        sut.captureEvent(event, hint)
+        val lastEventId = sut.lastEventId
+        sut.close()
+        sut.captureEvent(event, hint)
+        assertEquals(lastEventId, sut.lastEventId)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `when captureEvent is called and session tracking is disabled, it should not capture a session`() {
         val (sut, mockClient) = getEnabledHub()