diff --git a/docs/api/app.md b/docs/api/app.md
index 1fd26f68398..cd6eb3aab99 100755
--- a/docs/api/app.md
+++ b/docs/api/app.md
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ This API must be called after the `ready` event is emitted.
 
 ### `app.showAboutPanel()`
 
-Show the app's about panel options. These options can be overridden with `app.setAboutPanelOptions(options)`.
+Show the app's about panel options. These options can be overridden with `app.setAboutPanelOptions(options)`. This function runs asynchronously.
 
 ### `app.setAboutPanelOptions(options)`
 
diff --git a/shell/browser/browser_linux.cc b/shell/browser/browser_linux.cc
index 1e70de2aa5f..7eb093e3dba 100644
--- a/shell/browser/browser_linux.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/browser_linux.cc
@@ -212,8 +212,11 @@ void Browser::ShowAboutPanel() {
     }
   }
 
-  gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(dialog));
-  gtk_widget_destroy(dialogWidget);
+  // destroy the widget when it closes
+  g_signal_connect_swapped(dialogWidget, "response",
+                           G_CALLBACK(gtk_widget_destroy), dialogWidget);
+
+  gtk_widget_show_all(dialogWidget);
 }
 
 void Browser::SetAboutPanelOptions(base::Value::Dict options) {
diff --git a/shell/browser/browser_win.cc b/shell/browser/browser_win.cc
index a451cbdef1d..2a72e070f4f 100644
--- a/shell/browser/browser_win.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/browser_win.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+#include "base/functional/bind.h"
 #include "shell/browser/browser.h"
 
 // must come before other includes. fixes bad #defines from <shlwapi.h>.
@@ -765,7 +766,8 @@ void Browser::ShowAboutPanel() {
   settings.message = aboutMessage;
   settings.icon = image;
   settings.type = electron::MessageBoxType::kInformation;
-  electron::ShowMessageBoxSync(settings);
+  electron::ShowMessageBox(settings,
+                           base::BindOnce([](int, bool) { /* do nothing. */ }));
 }
 
 void Browser::SetAboutPanelOptions(base::Value::Dict options) {
diff --git a/spec/api-app-spec.ts b/spec/api-app-spec.ts
index fab10800bc5..38ecb1c26ff 100644
--- a/spec/api-app-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-app-spec.ts
@@ -1867,6 +1867,10 @@ describe('app module', () => {
         version: '1.2.3'
       });
     });
+
+    it('app.showAboutPanel() does not crash & runs asynchronously', () => {
+      app.showAboutPanel();
+    });
   });
 });