diff --git a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentrySpanApple.cpp b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentrySpanApple.cpp
index 24d086e6..ee513c8a 100644
--- a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentrySpanApple.cpp
+++ b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentrySpanApple.cpp
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 SentrySpanApple::SentrySpanApple(id<SentrySpan> span)
 {
 	SpanApple = span;
+	[SpanApple retain];
 }
 
 SentrySpanApple::~SentrySpanApple()
 {
-	// Put custom destructor logic here if needed
+	[SpanApple release];
 }
 
 id<SentrySpan> SentrySpanApple::GetNativeObject()
diff --git a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentryTransactionApple.cpp b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentryTransactionApple.cpp
index 0dcad2fe..46770df0 100644
--- a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentryTransactionApple.cpp
+++ b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/Apple/SentryTransactionApple.cpp
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 SentryTransactionApple::SentryTransactionApple(id<SentrySpan> transaction)
 {
 	TransactionApple = transaction;
+	[TransactionApple retain];
 }
 
 SentryTransactionApple::~SentryTransactionApple()
 {
-	// Put custom destructor logic here if needed
+	[TransactionApple release];
 }
 
 id<SentrySpan> SentryTransactionApple::GetNativeObject()