diff --git a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_frame_main.cc b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_frame_main.cc
index f4bbe118ba24..178d3e30bda9 100644
--- a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_frame_main.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_frame_main.cc
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/no_destructor.h"
-#include "content/browser/renderer_host/frame_tree_node.h"  // nogncheck
+#include "content/browser/renderer_host/render_frame_host_impl.h"  // nogncheck
 #include "content/public/browser/render_frame_host.h"
+#include "content/public/common/isolated_world_ids.h"
 #include "electron/shell/common/api/api.mojom.h"
 #include "gin/object_template_builder.h"
 #include "services/service_manager/public/cpp/interface_provider.h"
@@ -141,17 +142,24 @@ v8::Local<v8::Promise> WebFrameMain::ExecuteJavaScript(
     return handle;
   }
 
-  if (user_gesture) {
-    auto* ftn = content::FrameTreeNode::From(render_frame_);
-    ftn->UpdateUserActivationState(
-        blink::mojom::UserActivationUpdateType::kNotifyActivation,
-        blink::mojom::UserActivationNotificationType::kTest);
-  }
-
-  render_frame_->ExecuteJavaScriptForTests(
-      code, base::BindOnce([](gin_helper::Promise<base::Value> promise,
-                              base::Value value) { promise.Resolve(value); },
-                           std::move(promise)));
+  static_cast<content::RenderFrameHostImpl*>(render_frame_)
+      ->ExecuteJavaScriptForTests(
+          code, user_gesture, true /* resolve_promises */,
+          content::ISOLATED_WORLD_ID_GLOBAL,
+          base::BindOnce(
+              [](gin_helper::Promise<base::Value> promise,
+                 blink::mojom::JavaScriptExecutionResultType type,
+                 base::Value value) {
+                if (type ==
+                    blink::mojom::JavaScriptExecutionResultType::kSuccess) {
+                  promise.Resolve(value);
+                } else {
+                  v8::Isolate* isolate = JavascriptEnvironment::GetIsolate();
+                  v8::HandleScope scope(isolate);
+                  promise.Reject(gin::ConvertToV8(isolate, value));
+                }
+              },
+              std::move(promise)));
 
   return handle;
 }
diff --git a/spec/api-web-frame-main-spec.ts b/spec/api-web-frame-main-spec.ts
index 46178641e500..8c3e0e37e1f2 100644
--- a/spec/api-web-frame-main-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-web-frame-main-spec.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,44 @@ describe('webFrameMain module', () => {
       expect(await getUrl(webFrame.frames[0])).to.equal(fileUrl('frame-with-frame.html'));
       expect(await getUrl(webFrame.frames[0].frames[0])).to.equal(fileUrl('frame.html'));
     });
+
+    it('can resolve promise', async () => {
+      const w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, webPreferences: { contextIsolation: true } });
+      await w.loadFile(path.join(subframesPath, 'frame.html'));
+      const webFrame = w.webContents.mainFrame;
+      const p = () => webFrame.executeJavaScript('new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve(42), 2000));');
+      const result = await p();
+      expect(result).to.equal(42);
+    });
+
+    it('can reject with error', async () => {
+      const w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, webPreferences: { contextIsolation: true } });
+      await w.loadFile(path.join(subframesPath, 'frame.html'));
+      const webFrame = w.webContents.mainFrame;
+      const p = () => webFrame.executeJavaScript('new Promise((r,e) => setTimeout(e("error!"), 500));');
+      await expect(p()).to.be.eventually.rejectedWith('error!');
+      const errorTypes = new Set([
+        Error,
+        ReferenceError,
+        EvalError,
+        RangeError,
+        SyntaxError,
+        TypeError,
+        URIError
+      ]);
+      for (const error of errorTypes) {
+        await expect(webFrame.executeJavaScript(`Promise.reject(new ${error.name}("Wamp-wamp"))`))
+          .to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(/Error/);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('can reject when script execution fails', async () => {
+      const w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, webPreferences: { contextIsolation: true } });
+      await w.loadFile(path.join(subframesPath, 'frame.html'));
+      const webFrame = w.webContents.mainFrame;
+      const p = () => webFrame.executeJavaScript('console.log(test)');
+      await expect(p()).to.be.eventually.rejectedWith(/ReferenceError/);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('WebFrame.reload', () => {