diff --git a/packages/core/src/server-runtime-client.ts b/packages/core/src/server-runtime-client.ts
index 4165aec8fc46..719e2b81f086 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server-runtime-client.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/server-runtime-client.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { eventFromMessage, eventFromUnknownInput, logger, resolvedSyncPromise, u
 import { BaseClient } from './baseclient';
 import { createCheckInEnvelope } from './checkin';
 import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './debug-build';
-import { getCurrentHub } from './hub';
+import { getClient } from './exports';
 import type { Scope } from './scope';
 import { SessionFlusher } from './sessionflusher';
 import { addTracingExtensions, getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient } from './tracing';
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class ServerRuntimeClient<
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   public eventFromException(exception: unknown, hint?: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event> {
-    return resolvedSyncPromise(eventFromUnknownInput(getCurrentHub, this._options.stackParser, exception, hint));
+    return resolvedSyncPromise(eventFromUnknownInput(getClient(), this._options.stackParser, exception, hint));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/deno/src/integrations/globalhandlers.ts b/packages/deno/src/integrations/globalhandlers.ts
index d173780cfa50..9914764d4c45 100644
--- a/packages/deno/src/integrations/globalhandlers.ts
+++ b/packages/deno/src/integrations/globalhandlers.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { ServerRuntimeClient } from '@sentry/core';
-import { flush, getCurrentHub } from '@sentry/core';
+import { getClient, getCurrentHub, getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { flush } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Event, Hub, Integration, Primitive, StackParser } from '@sentry/types';
 import { eventFromUnknownInput, isPrimitive } from '@sentry/utils';
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ function installGlobalErrorHandler(): void {
     const [hub, stackParser] = getHubAndOptions();
     const { message, error } = data;
 
-    const event = eventFromUnknownInput(getCurrentHub, stackParser, error || message);
+    const event = eventFromUnknownInput(getClient(), stackParser, error || message);
 
     event.level = 'fatal';
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ function installGlobalUnhandledRejectionHandler(): void {
 
     const event = isPrimitive(error)
       ? eventFromRejectionWithPrimitive(error)
-      : eventFromUnknownInput(getCurrentHub, stackParser, error, undefined);
+      : eventFromUnknownInput(getClient(), stackParser, error, undefined);
 
     event.level = 'fatal';
 
diff --git a/packages/node/test/eventbuilders.test.ts b/packages/node/test/eventbuilders.test.ts
index 3c2ae88f03e3..ead2d01e9b44 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/eventbuilders.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/eventbuilders.test.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,51 @@
-import type { Client } from '@sentry/types';
+import type { Hub } from '@sentry/types';
 import { eventFromUnknownInput } from '@sentry/utils';
 
-import { Scope, defaultStackParser, getCurrentHub } from '../src';
+import { defaultStackParser } from '../src';
 
-const testScope = new Scope();
-
-jest.mock('@sentry/core', () => {
-  const original = jest.requireActual('@sentry/core');
-  return {
-    ...original,
-    getCurrentHub(): {
-      getClient(): Client;
-      getScope(): Scope;
-    } {
-      return {
-        getClient(): any {
-          return {
-            getOptions(): any {
-              return { normalizeDepth: 6 };
+describe('eventFromUnknownInput', () => {
+  test('uses normalizeDepth from init options', () => {
+    const deepObject = {
+      a: {
+        b: {
+          c: {
+            d: {
+              e: {
+                f: {
+                  g: 'foo',
+                },
+              },
             },
-          };
-        },
-        getScope(): Scope {
-          return testScope;
+          },
         },
-      };
-    },
-  };
-});
+      },
+    };
 
-afterEach(() => {
-  jest.resetAllMocks();
-});
+    const client = {
+      getOptions(): any {
+        return { normalizeDepth: 6 };
+      },
+    } as any;
+    const event = eventFromUnknownInput(client, defaultStackParser, deepObject);
 
-describe('eventFromUnknownInput', () => {
-  test('uses normalizeDepth from init options', () => {
+    const serializedObject = event.extra?.__serialized__;
+    expect(serializedObject).toBeDefined();
+    expect(serializedObject).toEqual({
+      a: {
+        b: {
+          c: {
+            d: {
+              e: {
+                f: '[Object]',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('uses normalizeDepth from init options (passing getCurrentHub)', () => {
     const deepObject = {
       a: {
         b: {
@@ -51,9 +62,19 @@ describe('eventFromUnknownInput', () => {
       },
     };
 
-    eventFromUnknownInput(getCurrentHub, defaultStackParser, deepObject);
+    const getCurrentHub = jest.fn(() => {
+      return {
+        getClient: () => ({
+          getOptions(): any {
+            return { normalizeDepth: 6 };
+          },
+        }),
+      } as unknown as Hub;
+    });
+
+    const event = eventFromUnknownInput(getCurrentHub, defaultStackParser, deepObject);
 
-    const serializedObject = (testScope as any)._extra.__serialized__;
+    const serializedObject = event.extra?.__serialized__;
     expect(serializedObject).toBeDefined();
     expect(serializedObject).toEqual({
       a: {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/eventbuilder.ts b/packages/utils/src/eventbuilder.ts
index 5dac2f583bb6..28b2d94b0c4f 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/eventbuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/eventbuilder.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import type {
+  Client,
   Event,
   EventHint,
   Exception,
+  Extras,
   Hub,
   Mechanism,
   Severity,
@@ -61,14 +63,18 @@ function getMessageForObject(exception: object): string {
 
 /**
  * Builds and Event from a Exception
+ *
+ * TODO(v8): Remove getHub fallback
  * @hidden
  */
 export function eventFromUnknownInput(
-  getCurrentHub: () => Hub,
+  getHubOrClient: (() => Hub) | Client | undefined,
   stackParser: StackParser,
   exception: unknown,
   hint?: EventHint,
 ): Event {
+  const client = typeof getHubOrClient === 'function' ? getHubOrClient().getClient() : getHubOrClient;
+
   let ex: unknown = exception;
   const providedMechanism: Mechanism | undefined =
     hint && hint.data && (hint.data as { mechanism: Mechanism }).mechanism;
@@ -77,12 +83,12 @@ export function eventFromUnknownInput(
     type: 'generic',
   };
 
+  let extras: Extras | undefined;
+
   if (!isError(exception)) {
     if (isPlainObject(exception)) {
-      const hub = getCurrentHub();
-      const client = hub.getClient();
       const normalizeDepth = client && client.getOptions().normalizeDepth;
-      hub.getScope().setExtra('__serialized__', normalizeToSize(exception, normalizeDepth));
+      extras = { ['__serialized__']: normalizeToSize(exception as Record<string, unknown>, normalizeDepth) };
 
       const message = getMessageForObject(exception);
       ex = (hint && hint.syntheticException) || new Error(message);
@@ -96,12 +102,16 @@ export function eventFromUnknownInput(
     mechanism.synthetic = true;
   }
 
-  const event = {
+  const event: Event = {
     exception: {
       values: [exceptionFromError(stackParser, ex as Error)],
     },
   };
 
+  if (extras) {
+    event.extra = extras;
+  }
+
   addExceptionTypeValue(event, undefined, undefined);
   addExceptionMechanism(event, mechanism);
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/eventbuilder.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/eventbuilder.test.ts
index b1c46630de08..ec3fdf4bf6ee 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/eventbuilder.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/eventbuilder.test.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,9 @@ describe('eventFromUnknownInput', () => {
     const event = eventFromUnknownInput(getCurrentHub, stackParser, { foo: { bar: 'baz' }, message: 'Some message' });
     expect(event.exception?.values?.[0].value).toBe('Some message');
   });
+
+  test('passing client directly', () => {
+    const event = eventFromUnknownInput(undefined, stackParser, { foo: { bar: 'baz' }, prop: 1 });
+    expect(event.exception?.values?.[0].value).toBe('Object captured as exception with keys: foo, prop');
+  });
 });