diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90da9674bd..8e3fdd9268 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 - Add WinGDK (Gaming.Desktop.x64) platform support ([#1631](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1631))
 
+**Fixes**:
+
+- Revert `CMP0141` policy that broke debug info settings for downstream consumers. ([#1630](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1630))
+
 ## 0.13.5
 
 **Features**:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a631ae7fe..6c933e9f34 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ if(POLICY CMP0079)
 	cmake_policy(SET CMP0079 NEW)
 endif()
 
-# Enable CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT
-if(POLICY CMP0141)
-	cmake_policy(SET CMP0141 NEW)
-endif()
-
 # Allow downstream SDKs to override the SDK version at CMake configuration time
 set(SENTRY_SDK_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Override the SDK version (supports full semver format with build metadata)")
 
diff --git a/tests/cmake.py b/tests/cmake.py
index 069d5b9577..9e8c00a0a1 100644
--- a/tests/cmake.py
+++ b/tests/cmake.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def cmake_configure(cwd, options, cflags=None):
             # Use /Z7 instead of /Zi to embed debug info in object files. /Zi creates
             # a shared PDB that conflicts with sccache's parallelized compilation.
             options["CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT"] = "Embedded"
+            options["CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0141"] = "NEW"
     options.update(
         {
             "CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY": cwd,
@@ -153,6 +154,9 @@ def cmake_configure(cwd, options, cflags=None):
             "CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY": cwd,
             "CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG": cwd,
             "CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE": cwd,
+            "CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY": cwd,
+            "CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG": cwd,
+            "CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE": cwd,
         }
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/crash_reporter/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/fixtures/crash_reporter/CMakeLists.txt
index b849039460..c6c4b15537 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/crash_reporter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/crash_reporter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-if(POLICY CMP0141)
-	cmake_policy(SET CMP0141 NEW)
-endif()
 project(sentry_crash_reporter LANGUAGES C)
 
 add_executable(sentry_crash_reporter crash_reporter.c)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/inproc_stress/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/fixtures/inproc_stress/CMakeLists.txt
index 95bb49a886..2b664ce153 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/inproc_stress/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/inproc_stress/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-if(POLICY CMP0141)
-    cmake_policy(SET CMP0141 NEW)
-endif()
 project(inproc_stress_test C)
 
 # SENTRY_LIB_DIR and SENTRY_INCLUDE_DIR are passed from the pytest
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/screenshot/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/fixtures/screenshot/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f55ec9fbe..bcb4083fef 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/screenshot/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/screenshot/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-if(POLICY CMP0141)
-	cmake_policy(SET CMP0141 NEW)
-endif()
 project(sentry_screenshot LANGUAGES C)
 
 if(WIN32 AND NOT XBOX)