diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bf44a38bfa5..f695973ab7e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-sourcemap/sourcemap v2.1.4-0.20211119122758-180fcef48034+incompatible
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
-	github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.1
+	github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.2
 	github.com/grafana/xk6-grpc v0.1.3-0.20230717090346-fb49221e0ce1
 	github.com/grafana/xk6-output-prometheus-remote v0.2.3
 	github.com/grafana/xk6-redis v0.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 077f4381ed5..52bd36a6679 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 h1:PPwGk2jz7EePpoHN/+ClbZu8SPxiqlu12wZP/3sWmnc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
-github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.1 h1:/GvMHhDMbNCEuu6ml/AIaQNtHOpj06GpKfgQJpNzPIg=
-github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Ck8IWES3Emu4CMKktQ/oD7l/JFj/1ESnDIbQGpfaoYA=
+github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.2 h1:B9ll8xLH68hfCBy3sTzhmksCxwgJBIcqgPeX3mht6jM=
+github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.2/go.mod h1:LV/ECGBCN3vRN/A4St+Ep9JUpbKJuRsj+6TBihQptGw=
 github.com/grafana/xk6-grpc v0.1.3-0.20230717090346-fb49221e0ce1 h1:SdMihJN+fkH6cO/1NeAnVxSVOnJ3ZkZ1v7FJnrcqhog=
 github.com/grafana/xk6-grpc v0.1.3-0.20230717090346-fb49221e0ce1/go.mod h1:iq6qHN64XgAEmDHKf0OXZ4mvoqF4Udr22fiCIXNpXA0=
 github.com/grafana/xk6-output-prometheus-remote v0.2.3 h1:ta4wFrO85+29H0papAbeMCavHrBuHDZ4bdKC1Zv8zlo=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/browser/registry.go b/vendor/github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/browser/registry.go
index 511e26544d7..b21e29093bc 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/browser/registry.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/browser/registry.go
@@ -230,10 +230,9 @@ func newBrowserRegistry(vu k6modules.VU, remote *remoteRegistry, pids *pidRegist
 
 func (r *browserRegistry) handleIterEvents(eventsCh <-chan *k6event.Event, unsubscribeFn func()) {
 	var (
-		ok    bool
-		data  k6event.IterData
-		ctx   = context.Background()
-		vuCtx = k6ext.WithVU(r.vu.Context(), r.vu)
+		ok   bool
+		data k6event.IterData
+		ctx  = context.Background()
 	)
 
 	for e := range eventsCh {
@@ -251,6 +250,12 @@ func (r *browserRegistry) handleIterEvents(eventsCh <-chan *k6event.Event, unsub
 			return
 		}
 
+		// The context in the VU is not thread safe. It can
+		// be safely accessed during an iteration but not
+		// before one is started. This is why it is being
+		// accessed and used here.
+		vuCtx := k6ext.WithVU(r.vu.Context(), r.vu)
+
 		if data, ok = e.Data.(k6event.IterData); !ok {
 			e.Done()
 			k6ext.Abort(vuCtx, "unexpected iteration event data format: %v", e.Data)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index a3b692f6c54..5ae9d4a175c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ github.com/google/uuid
 # github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 ## explicit; go 1.12
 github.com/gorilla/websocket
-# github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.1
+# github.com/grafana/xk6-browser v1.0.2
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/api
 github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/browser