diff --git a/sentry-types/src/lib.rs b/sentry-types/src/lib.rs
index 61e871ca..5548ffcf 100644
--- a/sentry-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sentry-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ mod dsn;
 mod indexed_enum;
 mod project_id;
 pub mod protocol;
+mod sampling;
 pub(crate) mod utils;
 
 pub use crate::auth::*;
diff --git a/sentry-types/src/protocol/v7.rs b/sentry-types/src/protocol/v7.rs
index f0539425..4ae277fb 100644
--- a/sentry-types/src/protocol/v7.rs
+++ b/sentry-types/src/protocol/v7.rs
@@ -2440,55 +2440,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for OrganizationId {
     }
 }
 
-/// A random number generated at the start of a trace by the head of trace SDK.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
-pub struct SampleRand(f64);
-
-/// An error that indicates failure to construct a SampleRand.
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-pub enum InvalidSampleRandError {
-    /// Indicates that the given value cannot be converted to a f64 succesfully.
-    #[error("failed to parse f64: {0}")]
-    InvalidFloat(#[from] std::num::ParseFloatError),
-
-    /// Indicates that the given float is outside of the valid range for a sample rand, that is the
-    /// half-open interval [0.0, 1.0).
-    #[error("sample rand value out of admissible interval [0.0, 1.0)")]
-    OutOfRange,
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<f64> for SampleRand {
-    type Error = InvalidSampleRandError;
-
-    fn try_from(value: f64) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        if !(0.0..1.0).contains(&value) {
-            return Err(InvalidSampleRandError::OutOfRange);
-        }
-        Ok(Self(value))
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::str::FromStr for SampleRand {
-    type Err = InvalidSampleRandError;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        let x: f64 = s.parse().map_err(InvalidSampleRandError::InvalidFloat)?;
-        Self::try_from(x)
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Display for SampleRand {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        // Special case: "{:.6}" would round values greater than or equal to 0.9999995 to 1.0,
-        // as Rust uses [rounding half-to-even](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/#precision).
-        // Round to 0.999999 instead to comply with spec.
-        if self.0 >= 0.9999995 {
-            write!(f, "0.999999")
-        } else {
-            write!(f, "{:.6}", self.0)
-        }
-    }
-}
+pub use crate::sampling::{InvalidSampleRandError, SampleRand};
 
 /// The [Dynamic Sampling
 /// Context](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/telemetry/traces/dynamic-sampling-context/).
diff --git a/sentry-types/src/sampling.rs b/sentry-types/src/sampling.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c71080d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-types/src/sampling.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+//! Sampling-related types.
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// A random number generated at the start of a trace by the head of trace SDK.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct SampleRand(f64);
+
+/// An error that indicates failure to construct a SampleRand.
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum InvalidSampleRandError {
+    /// Indicates that the given value cannot be converted to a f64 succesfully.
+    #[error("failed to parse f64: {0}")]
+    InvalidFloat(#[from] std::num::ParseFloatError),
+
+    /// Indicates that the given float is outside of the valid range for a sample rand, that is the
+    /// half-open interval [0.0, 1.0).
+    #[error("sample rand value out of admissible interval [0.0, 1.0)")]
+    OutOfRange,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<f64> for SampleRand {
+    type Error = InvalidSampleRandError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: f64) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if !(0.0..1.0).contains(&value) {
+            return Err(InvalidSampleRandError::OutOfRange);
+        }
+        Ok(Self(value))
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for SampleRand {
+    type Err = InvalidSampleRandError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let x: f64 = s.parse().map_err(InvalidSampleRandError::InvalidFloat)?;
+        Self::try_from(x)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for SampleRand {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
+        // Special case: "{:.6}" would round values greater than or equal to 0.9999995 to 1.0,
+        // as Rust uses [rounding half-to-even](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/#precision).
+        // Round to 0.999999 instead to comply with spec.
+        if self.0 >= 0.9999995 {
+            write!(f, "0.999999")
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "{:.6}", self.0)
+        }
+    }
+}