diff --git a/sentry_sdk/_types.py b/sentry_sdk/_types.py
index e38478cafc..adf4cb97af 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/_types.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/_types.py
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ class GenAICollectionBehaviour(TypedDict):
         inputs: bool
         outputs: bool
 
+    class MCPCollectionUserOptions(TypedDict, total=False):
+        inputs: bool
+        outputs: bool
+
+    class MCPCollectionBehaviour(TypedDict):
+        inputs: bool
+        outputs: bool
+
     class GraphQLCollectionUserOptions(TypedDict, total=False):
         document: bool
         variables: bool
@@ -181,6 +189,7 @@ class DataCollectionUserOptions(TypedDict, total=False):
         url_query_params: "KeyValueCollectionBehaviour"
         graphql: "GraphQLCollectionUserOptions"
         gen_ai: "GenAICollectionUserOptions"
+        mcp: "MCPCollectionUserOptions"
         database_query_data: bool
         queues: bool
         stack_frame_variables: "Union[bool, KeyValueCollectionBehaviour]"
@@ -194,6 +203,7 @@ class DataCollection(TypedDict):
         url_query_params: "KeyValueCollectionBehaviour"
         graphql: "GraphQLCollectionBehaviour"
         gen_ai: "GenAICollectionBehaviour"
+        mcp: "MCPCollectionBehaviour"
         database_query_data: bool
         queues: bool
         stack_frame_variables: "Union[bool, KeyValueCollectionBehaviour]"
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/data_collection.py b/sentry_sdk/data_collection.py
index 2baf78dcc2..813165f02e 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/data_collection.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/data_collection.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         GraphQLCollectionBehaviour,
         HttpHeadersCollectionBehaviour,
         KeyValueCollectionBehaviour,
+        MCPCollectionBehaviour,
     )
 
 # ``http_bodies`` defaults to this (collect everything the
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ def _resolve(
         "url_query_params": _kvcb_from_value(d.get("url_query_params") or {}),
         "graphql": _graphql_from_value(d.get("graphql") or {}),
         "gen_ai": _gen_ai_from_value(d.get("gen_ai") or {}),
+        "mcp": _mcp_from_value(d.get("mcp") or {}),
         "database_query_data": d.get("database_query_data", True),
         "queues": d.get("queues", True),
         "stack_frame_variables": stack_frame_variables,
@@ -225,6 +227,13 @@ def _gen_ai_from_value(val: "dict[str, Any]") -> "GenAICollectionBehaviour":
     }
 
 
+def _mcp_from_value(val: "dict[str, Any]") -> "MCPCollectionBehaviour":
+    return {
+        "inputs": val.get("inputs", True),
+        "outputs": val.get("outputs", True),
+    }
+
+
 def _graphql_from_value(
     val: "dict[str, Any]",
 ) -> "GraphQLCollectionBehaviour":
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/mcp.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/mcp.py
index 351ddda514..9a3f076fec 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/mcp.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/mcp.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ async def _instrument_tool_call(
     client = sentry_sdk.get_client()
     handler_name = ctx.params["name"]
     arguments = ctx.params.get("arguments")
-    if arguments is None or not client.options["data_collection"]["gen_ai"]["inputs"]:
+    if arguments is None or not client.options["data_collection"]["mcp"]["inputs"]:
         arguments = {}
 
     # Get request ID, session ID, and transport from context
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ async def _instrument_tool_call(
 
         if (
             result_content is None
-            or not client.options["data_collection"]["gen_ai"]["outputs"]
+            or not client.options["data_collection"]["mcp"]["outputs"]
         ):
             return result
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ async def _instrument_prompt_get(
 
     arguments = ctx.params.get("arguments")
 
-    if arguments is None or not client.options["data_collection"]["gen_ai"]["inputs"]:
+    if arguments is None or not client.options["data_collection"]["mcp"]["inputs"]:
         arguments = {}
 
     # Get request ID, session ID, and transport from context
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ async def _instrument_prompt_get(
 
             if (
                 message_count != 1
-                or not client.options["data_collection"]["gen_ai"]["inputs"]
+                or not client.options["data_collection"]["mcp"]["outputs"]
                 or not messages
             ):
                 return result
diff --git a/tests/integrations/fastmcp/test_fastmcp.py b/tests/integrations/fastmcp/test_fastmcp.py
index edf101a330..7df8af9c48 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/fastmcp/test_fastmcp.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/fastmcp/test_fastmcp.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ async def test_fastmcp_tool_sync(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ async def test_fastmcp_tool_sync_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ async def test_fastmcp_tool_async(sentry_init, capture_items, FastMCP, json_rpc)
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ async def test_fastmcp_tool_async_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ async def test_fastmcp_tool_with_complex_return(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ async def test_fastmcp_prompt_sync(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ async def test_fastmcp_prompt_sync_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
diff --git a/tests/integrations/mcp/test_mcp.py b/tests/integrations/mcp/test_mcp.py
index 038227a6d3..7cac486de4 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/mcp/test_mcp.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/mcp/test_mcp.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ async def test_tool_handler_stdio(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ async def test_tool_handler_stdio_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ async def test_tool_handler_streamable_http(sentry_init, capture_items, json_rpc
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ async def test_tool_handler_streamable_http_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ async def test_prompt_handler_stdio(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ async def test_prompt_handler_stdio_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ async def test_prompt_handler_streamable_http(sentry_init, capture_items, json_r
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ async def test_prompt_handler_streamable_http_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ async def test_tool_result_extraction_tuple(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ async def test_tool_result_extraction_tuple_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ async def test_tool_result_extraction_unstructured(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ async def test_tool_result_extraction_unstructured_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ async def test_prompt_with_dict_result(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             }
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ async def test_prompt_with_dict_result_no_sensitive_data(
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": False,
                 "outputs": False,
             }
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ async def test_tool_with_complex_arguments(sentry_init, capture_items, stdio):
         integrations=[MCPIntegration()],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         data_collection={
-            "gen_ai": {
+            "mcp": {
                 "inputs": True,
                 "outputs": True,
             },