diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-donuts-search.md b/.changeset/lazy-donuts-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7144b9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-donuts-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"posthog-android": patch
+---
+
+Fix a manually configured `releaseIdentifier` being overwritten by the auto-generated fallback (`applicationId@versionName+versionCode`), which broke proguard symbolication due to the map-id mismatch. A pre-set `releaseIdentifier` is now preserved; the value from `posthog-meta.properties` is used when nothing was set, and the fallback only when neither exists.
diff --git a/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/internal/PostHogMetaPropertiesApplier.kt b/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/internal/PostHogMetaPropertiesApplier.kt
index 9527b85d..dd67f6b2 100644
--- a/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/internal/PostHogMetaPropertiesApplier.kt
+++ b/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/internal/PostHogMetaPropertiesApplier.kt
@@ -36,26 +36,25 @@ internal class PostHogMetaPropertiesApplier() {
         config: PostHogAndroidConfig,
         releaseIdentifierFallback: String,
     ) {
-        val metaProperties = loadMetaProperties(context, config)
-
         // if releaseIdentifier is already set, we don't need to do anything
-        if (!config.releaseIdentifier.isNullOrEmpty() || metaProperties.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-            config.logger.log("releaseIdentifier not found, using fallback: $releaseIdentifierFallback")
-            config.releaseIdentifier = releaseIdentifierFallback
+        if (!config.releaseIdentifier.isNullOrEmpty()) {
             return
         }
 
-        for (property in metaProperties) {
+        val metaProperties = loadMetaProperties(context, config)
+
+        metaProperties?.forEach { property ->
             val uuid = property.getProperty(POSTHOG_PROGUARD_MAPPING_MAP_ID_PROPERTY)
 
-            if (uuid.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-                continue
+            if (!uuid.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+                config.logger.log("releaseIdentifier found: $uuid")
+                config.releaseIdentifier = uuid
+                return
             }
-
-            config.logger.log("releaseIdentifier found: $uuid")
-            config.releaseIdentifier = uuid
-            break
         }
+
+        config.logger.log("releaseIdentifier not found, using fallback: $releaseIdentifierFallback")
+        config.releaseIdentifier = releaseIdentifierFallback
     }
 
     companion object {
diff --git a/posthog-android/src/test/java/com/posthog/android/internal/PostHogMetaPropertiesApplierTest.kt b/posthog-android/src/test/java/com/posthog/android/internal/PostHogMetaPropertiesApplierTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae6e1056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posthog-android/src/test/java/com/posthog/android/internal/PostHogMetaPropertiesApplierTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package com.posthog.android.internal
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.res.AssetManager
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+import com.posthog.android.API_KEY
+import com.posthog.android.PostHogAndroidConfig
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.kotlin.any
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.never
+import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
+import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+internal class PostHogMetaPropertiesApplierTest {
+    private val context = mock<Context>()
+    private val assets = mock<AssetManager>()
+    private val config = PostHogAndroidConfig(API_KEY)
+
+    private val sut = PostHogMetaPropertiesApplier()
+
+    private fun mockMetaProperties(content: String) {
+        whenever(context.assets).thenReturn(assets)
+        whenever(assets.open(any())).thenReturn(ByteArrayInputStream(content.toByteArray()))
+    }
+
+    private fun mockMissingMetaProperties() {
+        whenever(context.assets).thenReturn(assets)
+        whenever(assets.open(any())).thenThrow(FileNotFoundException())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `preserves manually set releaseIdentifier`() {
+        config.releaseIdentifier = "manual-id"
+        mockMetaProperties("io.posthog.proguard.mapid=meta-id")
+
+        sut.applyToConfig(context, config, FALLBACK)
+
+        assertEquals("manual-id", config.releaseIdentifier)
+        verify(assets, never()).open(any())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `uses meta properties map id when releaseIdentifier not set`() {
+        mockMetaProperties("io.posthog.proguard.mapid=meta-id")
+
+        sut.applyToConfig(context, config, FALLBACK)
+
+        assertEquals("meta-id", config.releaseIdentifier)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `uses fallback when meta properties file is missing`() {
+        mockMissingMetaProperties()
+
+        sut.applyToConfig(context, config, FALLBACK)
+
+        assertEquals(FALLBACK, config.releaseIdentifier)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `uses fallback when meta properties do not contain map id`() {
+        mockMetaProperties("some.other.property=value")
+
+        sut.applyToConfig(context, config, FALLBACK)
+
+        assertEquals(FALLBACK, config.releaseIdentifier)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `uses fallback when reading meta properties throws`() {
+        whenever(context.assets).thenReturn(assets)
+        whenever(assets.open(any())).thenThrow(RuntimeException("boom"))
+
+        sut.applyToConfig(context, config, FALLBACK)
+
+        assertEquals(FALLBACK, config.releaseIdentifier)
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        private const val FALLBACK = "com.package@1.0.0+1"
+    }
+}