diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 202ff54..1a34c6d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
-        "honeybadger-io/honeybadger-php": ">=2.21.0",
+        "honeybadger-io/honeybadger-php": ">=2.23.0",
         "sixlive/dotenv-editor": "^1.1|^2.0",
         "illuminate/console": "^10.0|^11.0",
         "illuminate/support": "^10.0|^11.0",
diff --git a/config/honeybadger.php b/config/honeybadger.php
index b575f21..f0a35c8 100644
--- a/config/honeybadger.php
+++ b/config/honeybadger.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use Honeybadger\BulkEventDispatcher;
 use Honeybadger\Honeybadger;
 use Honeybadger\HoneybadgerLaravel\HoneybadgerLaravel;
+use Honeybadger\HoneybadgerLaravel\Middleware\AssignRequestId;
 
 return [
     /**
@@ -165,4 +166,8 @@
          */
         'automatic' => HoneybadgerLaravel::DEFAULT_EVENTS,
     ],
+
+    'middleware' => [
+        AssignRequestId::class
+    ]
 ];
diff --git a/src/HoneybadgerServiceProvider.php b/src/HoneybadgerServiceProvider.php
index a9577d2..f813ea5 100644
--- a/src/HoneybadgerServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/HoneybadgerServiceProvider.php
@@ -245,7 +245,19 @@ protected function registerReporters(): void
 
     protected function registerMiddleware(): void
     {
+        $middleware = config('honeybadger.middleware', [
+            // the default middleware if the config is not found - this should happen for
+            // all versions of the package up to and including 4.3.1
+            Middleware\AssignRequestId::class,
+        ]);
+
+        if ($middleware == null || !is_array($middleware)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         $kernel = app(Kernel::class);
-        $kernel->prependMiddleware(Middleware\AssignRequestId::class);
+        foreach ($middleware as $class) {
+            $kernel->prependMiddleware($class);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/HoneybadgerServiceProviderTest.php b/tests/HoneybadgerServiceProviderTest.php
index f67cbf8..79785f9 100644
--- a/tests/HoneybadgerServiceProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/HoneybadgerServiceProviderTest.php
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 namespace Honeybadger\Tests;
 
+use Honeybadger\HoneybadgerLaravel\HoneybadgerServiceProvider;
+use Honeybadger\HoneybadgerLaravel\Middleware\AssignRequestId;
 use Honeybadger\LogEventHandler;
 use Honeybadger\LogHandler;
 use Honeybadger\Honeybadger;
 use Honeybadger\Contracts\Reporter;
 use Honeybadger\HoneybadgerLaravel\Facades\Honeybadger as HoneybadgerFacade;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel;
 
 class HoneybadgerServiceProviderTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -35,4 +38,29 @@ public function it_registers_the_log_event_handler()
     {
         $this->assertInstanceOf(LogEventHandler::class, $this->app[LogEventHandler::class]);
     }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_registers_middleware_by_default()
+    {
+        $this->partialMock(Kernel::class, function ($mock) {
+            $mock->shouldReceive('prependMiddleware')
+                ->with(AssignRequestId::class)
+                ->once();
+        });
+        $provider = new HoneybadgerServiceProvider($this->app);
+        $provider->boot();
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_does_not_register_middleware_when_disabled()
+    {
+        $this->app['config']->set('honeybadger.middleware', []);
+        $this->partialMock(Kernel::class, function ($mock) {
+            $mock->shouldReceive('prependMiddleware')
+                ->with(AssignRequestId::class)
+                ->never();
+        });
+        $provider = new HoneybadgerServiceProvider($this->app);
+        $provider->boot();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/LogEventDriverTest.php b/tests/LogEventDriverTest.php
index 3384361..f4fcb16 100644
--- a/tests/LogEventDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/LogEventDriverTest.php
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ public function getEvents(): array
             {
                 return $this->events;
             }
+
+            public function beforeNotify(callable $callback): void
+            {
+            }
+
+            public function beforeEvent(callable $callback): void
+            {
+            }
         };
     }