diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 6201804d8..412f54878 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go: [stable, tip]
-        platform: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest-8-cores, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e01db5cc7..01d91ce3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.18.x]
+        go-version: [1.19.x]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest-8-cores]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
diff --git a/browser/mapping.go b/browser/mapping.go
index 7fd7d830f..2ce97453d 100644
--- a/browser/mapping.go
+++ b/browser/mapping.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dop251/goja"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/api"
-	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/chromium"
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/k6error"
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/k6ext"
 
@@ -33,11 +32,8 @@ func mapBrowserToGoja(vu moduleVU) *goja.Object {
 	var (
 		rt  = vu.Runtime()
 		obj = rt.NewObject()
-		// TODO: Use k6 LookupEnv instead of OS package methods.
-		// See https://github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/issues/822.
-		wsURL, isRemoteBrowser = vu.isRemoteBrowser()
 	)
-	for k, v := range mapBrowser(vu, wsURL, isRemoteBrowser) {
+	for k, v := range mapBrowser(vu) {
 		err := obj.Set(k, rt.ToValue(v))
 		if err != nil {
 			k6common.Throw(rt, fmt.Errorf("mapping: %w", err))
@@ -676,29 +672,25 @@ func mapBrowserContext(vu moduleVU, bc api.BrowserContext) mapping {
 }
 
 // mapBrowser to the JS module.
-func mapBrowser(vu moduleVU, wsURL string, isRemoteBrowser bool) mapping { //nolint:funlen
-	var (
-		rt  = vu.Runtime()
-		ctx = context.Background()
-		bt  = chromium.NewBrowserType(vu)
-	)
+func mapBrowser(vu moduleVU) mapping {
+	rt := vu.Runtime()
 	return mapping{
 		"context": func() (api.BrowserContext, error) {
-			b, err := getOrInitBrowser(ctx, bt, vu, wsURL, isRemoteBrowser)
+			b, err := vu.browser()
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			return b.Context(), nil
 		},
 		"isConnected": func() (bool, error) {
-			b, err := getOrInitBrowser(ctx, bt, vu, wsURL, isRemoteBrowser)
+			b, err := vu.browser()
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, err
 			}
 			return b.IsConnected(), nil
 		},
 		"newContext": func(opts goja.Value) (*goja.Object, error) {
-			b, err := getOrInitBrowser(ctx, bt, vu, wsURL, isRemoteBrowser)
+			b, err := vu.browser()
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -710,21 +702,21 @@ func mapBrowser(vu moduleVU, wsURL string, isRemoteBrowser bool) mapping { //nol
 			return rt.ToValue(m).ToObject(rt), nil
 		},
 		"userAgent": func() (string, error) {
-			b, err := getOrInitBrowser(ctx, bt, vu, wsURL, isRemoteBrowser)
+			b, err := vu.browser()
 			if err != nil {
 				return "", err
 			}
 			return b.UserAgent(), nil
 		},
 		"version": func() (string, error) {
-			b, err := getOrInitBrowser(ctx, bt, vu, wsURL, isRemoteBrowser)
+			b, err := vu.browser()
 			if err != nil {
 				return "", err
 			}
 			return b.Version(), nil
 		},
 		"newPage": func(opts goja.Value) (mapping, error) {
-			b, err := getOrInitBrowser(ctx, bt, vu, wsURL, isRemoteBrowser)
+			b, err := vu.browser()
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -737,54 +729,6 @@ func mapBrowser(vu moduleVU, wsURL string, isRemoteBrowser bool) mapping { //nol
 	}
 }
 
-// getOrInitBrowser retrieves the browser for the iteration from the browser registry
-// if it is already initialized. Otherwise initializes a new browser for the iteration
-// and stores it in the registry.
-func getOrInitBrowser(
-	ctx context.Context, bt *chromium.BrowserType, vu moduleVU, wsURL string, isRemoteBrowser bool,
-) (api.Browser, error) {
-	// Index browser pool per VU-scenario-iteration
-	id := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%s-%d",
-		vu.State().VUID,
-		k6ext.GetScenarioName(vu.Context()),
-		vu.State().Iteration,
-	)
-
-	var (
-		ok  bool
-		err error
-		b   api.Browser
-	)
-
-	if b, ok = vu.getBrowser(id); ok {
-		return b, nil
-	}
-
-	if isRemoteBrowser {
-		b, err = bt.Connect(ctx, wsURL)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err //nolint:wrapcheck
-		}
-	} else {
-		var pid int
-		b, pid, err = bt.Launch(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err //nolint:wrapcheck
-		}
-		vu.registerPid(pid)
-	}
-
-	vu.setBrowser(id, b)
-
-	go func(ctx context.Context) {
-		<-ctx.Done()
-		b.Close()
-		vu.deleteBrowser(id)
-	}(vu.Context())
-
-	return b, nil
-}
-
 func panicIfFatalError(ctx context.Context, err error) {
 	if errors.Is(err, k6error.ErrFatal) {
 		k6ext.Abort(ctx, err.Error())
diff --git a/browser/mapping_test.go b/browser/mapping_test.go
index 5294bca5e..90b1c8d70 100644
--- a/browser/mapping_test.go
+++ b/browser/mapping_test.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestMappings(t *testing.T) {
 		"browser": {
 			apiInterface: (*api.Browser)(nil),
 			mapp: func() mapping {
-				return mapBrowser(moduleVU{VU: vu}, "", false)
+				return mapBrowser(moduleVU{VU: vu})
 			},
 		},
 		"browserContext": {
diff --git a/browser/module.go b/browser/module.go
index d3283d527..1f25e3e8d 100644
--- a/browser/module.go
+++ b/browser/module.go
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ type (
 	// RootModule is the global module instance that will create module
 	// instances for each VU.
 	RootModule struct {
-		PidRegistry     *pidRegistry
-		browserRegistry *browserRegistry
-		remoteRegistry  *remoteRegistry
-		initOnce        *sync.Once
+		PidRegistry    *pidRegistry
+		remoteRegistry *remoteRegistry
+		initOnce       *sync.Once
 	}
 
 	// JSModule exposes the properties available to the JS script.
@@ -46,9 +45,8 @@ var (
 // New returns a pointer to a new RootModule instance.
 func New() *RootModule {
 	return &RootModule{
-		PidRegistry:     &pidRegistry{},
-		browserRegistry: &browserRegistry{},
-		initOnce:        &sync.Once{},
+		PidRegistry: &pidRegistry{},
+		initOnce:    &sync.Once{},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -68,8 +66,7 @@ func (m *RootModule) NewModuleInstance(vu k6modules.VU) k6modules.Instance {
 			Browser: mapBrowserToGoja(moduleVU{
 				VU:              vu,
 				pidRegistry:     m.PidRegistry,
-				browserRegistry: m.browserRegistry,
-				remoteRegistry:  m.remoteRegistry,
+				browserRegistry: newBrowserRegistry(vu, m.remoteRegistry, m.PidRegistry),
 			}),
 			Devices: common.GetDevices(),
 		},
diff --git a/browser/module_test.go b/browser/module_test.go
index 3f39794c6..5724b149d 100644
--- a/browser/module_test.go
+++ b/browser/module_test.go
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 package browser
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/dop251/goja"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/env"
-
-	k6common "go.k6.io/k6/js/common"
-	k6modulestest "go.k6.io/k6/js/modulestest"
-	k6lib "go.k6.io/k6/lib"
-	k6metrics "go.k6.io/k6/metrics"
+	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/k6ext/k6test"
 )
 
 // TestModuleNew tests registering the module.
@@ -21,16 +14,7 @@ import (
 func TestModuleNew(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	vu := &k6modulestest.VU{
-		RuntimeField: goja.New(),
-		InitEnvField: &k6common.InitEnvironment{
-			TestPreInitState: &k6lib.TestPreInitState{
-				Registry:  k6metrics.NewRegistry(),
-				LookupEnv: env.EmptyLookup,
-			},
-		},
-		CtxField: context.Background(),
-	}
+	vu := k6test.NewVU(t)
 	m, ok := New().NewModuleInstance(vu).(*ModuleInstance)
 	require.True(t, ok, "NewModuleInstance should return a ModuleInstance")
 	require.NotNil(t, m.mod, "Module should be set")
diff --git a/browser/modulevu.go b/browser/modulevu.go
index d94ffbac2..bf353c456 100644
--- a/browser/modulevu.go
+++ b/browser/modulevu.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package browser
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/api"
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/k6ext"
 
 	k6modules "go.k6.io/k6/js/modules"
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ type moduleVU struct {
 
 	*pidRegistry
 	*browserRegistry
-	*remoteRegistry
+}
+
+// browser returns the VU browser instance for the current iteration.
+func (vu moduleVU) browser() (api.Browser, error) {
+	return vu.browserRegistry.getBrowser(vu.State().Iteration)
 }
 
 func (vu moduleVU) Context() context.Context {
diff --git a/browser/registry.go b/browser/registry.go
index d5f18f8f6..ebebbf743 100644
--- a/browser/registry.go
+++ b/browser/registry.go
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 package browser
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/api"
+	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/chromium"
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/env"
+	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/k6ext"
+
+	k6event "go.k6.io/k6/event"
+	k6modules "go.k6.io/k6/js/modules"
 )
 
 // pidRegistry keeps track of the launched browser process IDs.
@@ -148,26 +156,178 @@ func (r *remoteRegistry) isRemoteBrowser() (string, bool) {
 	return wsURL, true
 }
 
-// browserRegistry stores browser instances indexed per
-// iteration as identified by VUID-scenario-iterationID.
+// browserRegistry stores a single VU browser instances
+// indexed per iteration.
 type browserRegistry struct {
-	m sync.Map
+	vu k6modules.VU
+
+	mu sync.RWMutex
+	m  map[int64]api.Browser
+
+	buildFn browserBuildFunc
+
+	stopped atomic.Bool // testing purposes
+}
+
+type browserBuildFunc func(ctx context.Context) (api.Browser, error)
+
+func newBrowserRegistry(vu k6modules.VU, remote *remoteRegistry, pids *pidRegistry) *browserRegistry {
+	bt := chromium.NewBrowserType(vu)
+	builder := func(ctx context.Context) (api.Browser, error) {
+		var (
+			err                    error
+			b                      api.Browser
+			wsURL, isRemoteBrowser = remote.isRemoteBrowser()
+		)
+
+		if isRemoteBrowser {
+			b, err = bt.Connect(ctx, wsURL)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err //nolint:wrapcheck
+			}
+		} else {
+			var pid int
+			b, pid, err = bt.Launch(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err //nolint:wrapcheck
+			}
+			pids.registerPid(pid)
+		}
+
+		return b, nil
+	}
+
+	r := &browserRegistry{
+		vu:      vu,
+		m:       make(map[int64]api.Browser),
+		buildFn: builder,
+	}
+
+	exitSubID, exitCh := vu.Events().Global.Subscribe(
+		k6event.Exit,
+	)
+	go r.handleExitEvent(exitCh)
+
+	iterSubID, eventsCh := vu.Events().Local.Subscribe(
+		k6event.IterStart,
+		k6event.IterEnd,
+	)
+	unsubscribe := func() {
+		vu.Events().Local.Unsubscribe(iterSubID)
+		vu.Events().Global.Unsubscribe(exitSubID)
+	}
+	go r.handleIterEvents(eventsCh, unsubscribe)
+
+	return r
+}
+
+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)
+	)
+
+	for e := range eventsCh {
+		// If browser module is imported in the test, NewModuleInstance will be called for
+		// every VU. Because on VU init stage we can not distinguish to which scenario it
+		// belongs or access its options (because state is nil), we have to always subscribe
+		// to each VU iter events, including VUs that do not make use of the browser in their
+		// iterations.
+		// Therefore, if we get an event that does not correspond to a browser iteration, then
+		// unsubscribe for the VU events and exit the loop in order to reduce unuseful overhead.
+		if !isBrowserIter(r.vu) {
+			unsubscribeFn()
+			r.stop()
+			e.Done()
+			return
+		}
+
+		if data, ok = e.Data.(k6event.IterData); !ok {
+			e.Done()
+			k6ext.Abort(vuCtx, "unexpected iteration event data format: %v", e.Data)
+			// Continue so we don't block the k6 event system producer.
+			// Test will be aborted by k6, which will previously send the
+			// 'Exit' event so browser resources cleanup can be guaranteed.
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch e.Type { //nolint:exhaustive
+		case k6event.IterStart:
+			b, err := r.buildFn(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				e.Done()
+				k6ext.Abort(vuCtx, "error building browser on IterStart: %v", err)
+				// Continue so we don't block the k6 event system producer.
+				// Test will be aborted by k6, which will previously send the
+				// 'Exit' event so browser resources cleanup can be guaranteed.
+				continue
+			}
+			r.setBrowser(data.Iteration, b)
+		case k6event.IterEnd:
+			r.deleteBrowser(data.Iteration)
+		default:
+			r.vu.State().Logger.Warnf("received unexpected event type: %v", e.Type)
+		}
+
+		e.Done()
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *browserRegistry) handleExitEvent(exitCh <-chan *k6event.Event) {
+	e, ok := <-exitCh
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	defer e.Done()
+	r.clear()
 }
 
-func (p *browserRegistry) setBrowser(id string, b api.Browser) {
-	p.m.Store(id, b)
+func (r *browserRegistry) setBrowser(id int64, b api.Browser) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	r.m[id] = b
 }
 
-func (p *browserRegistry) getBrowser(id string) (b api.Browser, ok bool) {
-	e, ok := p.m.Load(id)
-	if ok {
-		b, ok = e.(api.Browser)
-		return b, ok
+func (r *browserRegistry) getBrowser(id int64) (api.Browser, error) {
+	r.mu.RLock()
+	defer r.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if b, ok := r.m[id]; ok {
+		return b, nil
 	}
 
-	return nil, false
+	return nil, errors.New("browser not found in registry")
+}
+
+func (r *browserRegistry) deleteBrowser(id int64) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if b, ok := r.m[id]; ok {
+		b.Close()
+		delete(r.m, id)
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *browserRegistry) clear() {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	for id, b := range r.m {
+		b.Close()
+		delete(r.m, id)
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *browserRegistry) stop() {
+	r.stopped.Store(true)
 }
 
-func (p *browserRegistry) deleteBrowser(id string) {
-	p.m.Delete(id)
+func isBrowserIter(vu k6modules.VU) bool {
+	opts := k6ext.GetScenarioOpts(vu.Context(), vu)
+	_, ok := opts["type"] // Check if browser type option is set
+	return ok
 }
diff --git a/browser/registry_test.go b/browser/registry_test.go
index db21c3f17..41d008445 100644
--- a/browser/registry_test.go
+++ b/browser/registry_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package browser
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/env"
+	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/k6ext/k6test"
+
+	k6event "go.k6.io/k6/event"
 )
 
 func TestPidRegistry(t *testing.T) {
@@ -182,3 +186,91 @@ func TestIsRemoteBrowser(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, "WS_URL_2", wsURL)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestBrowserRegistry(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	remoteRegistry, err := newRemoteRegistry(func(key string) (string, bool) {
+		// No env vars
+		return "", false
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Run("init_and_close_browsers_on_iter_events", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		vu := k6test.NewVU(t)
+		browserRegistry := newBrowserRegistry(vu, remoteRegistry, &pidRegistry{})
+
+		vu.ActivateVU()
+
+		// Send a few IterStart events
+		vu.StartIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(0))
+		vu.StartIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(1))
+		vu.StartIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(2))
+
+		// Verify browsers are initialized
+		browserRegistry.mu.RLock()
+		assert.Equal(t, 3, len(browserRegistry.m))
+		browserRegistry.mu.RUnlock()
+
+		// Send IterEnd events
+		vu.EndIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(0))
+		vu.EndIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(1))
+		vu.EndIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(2))
+
+		// Verify there are no browsers left
+		browserRegistry.mu.RLock()
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, len(browserRegistry.m))
+		browserRegistry.mu.RUnlock()
+	})
+
+	t.Run("close_browsers_on_exit_event", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		vu := k6test.NewVU(t)
+		browserRegistry := newBrowserRegistry(vu, remoteRegistry, &pidRegistry{})
+
+		vu.ActivateVU()
+
+		// Send a few IterStart events
+		vu.StartIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(0))
+		vu.StartIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(1))
+		vu.StartIteration(t, k6test.WithIteration(2))
+
+		// Verify browsers are initialized
+		browserRegistry.mu.RLock()
+		assert.Equal(t, 3, len(browserRegistry.m))
+		browserRegistry.mu.RUnlock()
+
+		// Send Exit event
+		events, ok := vu.EventsField.Global.(*k6event.System)
+		require.True(t, ok, "want *k6event.System; got %T", events)
+		waitDone := events.Emit(&k6event.Event{
+			Type: k6event.Exit,
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, waitDone(context.Background()), "error waiting on Exit done")
+
+		// Verify there are no browsers left
+		browserRegistry.mu.RLock()
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, len(browserRegistry.m))
+		browserRegistry.mu.RUnlock()
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unsubscribe_on_non_browser_vu", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		vu := k6test.NewVU(t)
+		browserRegistry := newBrowserRegistry(vu, remoteRegistry, &pidRegistry{})
+
+		vu.ActivateVU()
+
+		// Unset browser type option in scenario options in order to represent that VU is not
+		// a browser test VU
+		delete(vu.StateField.Options.Scenarios["default"].GetScenarioOptions().Browser, "type")
+
+		vu.StartIteration(t)
+
+		assert.True(t, browserRegistry.stopped.Load())
+	})
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e391952f8..1fa8c70e8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/chromedp/cdproto v0.0.0-20221023212508-67ada9507fb2
-	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230427124612-428fc442ff5f
+	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230621100801-7749907a8a20
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7
 	github.com/mccutchen/go-httpbin v1.1.2-0.20190116014521-c5cb2f4802fa
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
-	go.k6.io/k6 v0.44.2-0.20230525101951-06e162830f4f
-	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	go.k6.io/k6 v0.45.1-0.20230630103240-6137c5e25033
+	golang.org/x/net v0.11.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0
 	gopkg.in/guregu/null.v3 v3.3.0
 )
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230207041349-798e818bf904 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.6 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.18 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/mstoykov/atlas v0.0.0-20220811071828-388f114305dd // indirect
 	github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid v0.0.0-20131221200532-179d4d0c4d8d // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 // indirect
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230306155012-7f2fa6fef1f4 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5d537a4a..1d5900cdc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.7.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnm
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 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.9.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
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-github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230427124612-428fc442ff5f h1:3Z9NjtffvA8Qoh8xjgUpPmyKawJw/mDRcJlR9oPCvqI=
-github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230427124612-428fc442ff5f/go.mod h1:QMWlm50DNe14hD7t24KEqZuUdC9sOTy8W6XbCU1mlw4=
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+github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230621100801-7749907a8a20/go.mod h1:QMWlm50DNe14hD7t24KEqZuUdC9sOTy8W6XbCU1mlw4=
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@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230207041349-798e818bf904/go.mod h1:uglQLonpP8q
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 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-grpc v0.1.2 h1:gNN3PYV2dIPoq1zTVz8YOxrWhl1D15jhRR0EA9ZYhBw=
 github.com/grafana/xk6-redis v0.1.1 h1:rvWnLanRB2qzDwuY6NMBe6PXei3wJ3kjYvfCwRJ+q+8=
 github.com/grafana/xk6-timers v0.1.2 h1:YVM6hPDgvy4SkdZQpd+/r9M0kDi1g+QdbSxW5ClfwDk=
 github.com/grafana/xk6-webcrypto v0.1.0 h1:StrQZkUi4vo3bAMmBUHvIQ8P+zNKCH3AwN22TZdDwHs=
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20220319035150-800ac71e25c2/go.mod h1:
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-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5 h1:IFV2oUNUzZaz+XyusxpLzpzS8Pt5rh0Z16For/djlyI=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.6 h1:91SKEy4K37vkp255cJ8QesJhjyRO0hn9i9G0GoUwLsk=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.6/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
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@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJ
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-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.18 h1:DOKFKCQ7FNG2L1rbrmstDN4QVRdS89Nkh85u68Uwp98=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.18/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
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 github.com/mccutchen/go-httpbin v1.1.2-0.20190116014521-c5cb2f4802fa/go.mod h1:fhpOYavp5g2K74XDl/ao2y4KvhqVtKlkg1e+0UaQv7I=
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@@ -112,19 +113,15 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1 h1:/FiVV8dS/e+YqF2JvO3yXRFbBLTIuSDkuC7aBO
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
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-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
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-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
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-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
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@@ -134,14 +131,14 @@ github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 h1:qjsOFOWWQl+N3RsoF5/ssm1pHmJJwhjlSbZ51I6wMl4=
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-go.k6.io/k6 v0.44.2-0.20230525101951-06e162830f4f h1:7+bUJ2hF9upyFhbEVyR1ULr3+Tf/OYsnWAMZkZwdd+s=
-go.k6.io/k6 v0.44.2-0.20230525101951-06e162830f4f/go.mod h1:KJdE8JIa1i6fcrX9flX63CuK3YcZGaSF/pBk8gpwu+U=
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-golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0 h1:LF6fAI+IutBocDJ2OT0Q1g8plpYljMZ4+lty+dsqw3g=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0/go.mod h1:yrmDGqONDYtNj3tH8X9dzUun2m2lzPa9ngI6/RUPGR0=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.10.0 h1:LKqV2xt9+kDzSTfOhx4FrkEBcMrAgHSYgzywV9zcGmM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.10.0/go.mod h1:o4eNf7Ede1fv+hwOwZsTHl9EsPFO6q6ZvYR8vYfY45I=
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@@ -153,8 +150,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v
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-golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 h1:X2//UzNDwYmtCLn7To6G58Wr6f5ahEAQgKNzv9Y951M=
-golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.11.0 h1:Gi2tvZIJyBtO9SDr1q9h5hEQCp/4L2RQ+ar0qjx2oNU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.11.0/go.mod h1:2L/ixqYpgIVXmeoSA/4Lu7BzTG4KIyPIryS4IsOd1oQ=
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@@ -180,8 +177,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 h1:KS/R3tvhPqvJvwcKfnBHJwwthS11LRhmM5D59eEXa0s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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@@ -191,8 +188,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
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@@ -203,10 +200,10 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
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diff --git a/k6ext/k6test/vu.go b/k6ext/k6test/vu.go
index 33622a2c3..90140dec8 100644
--- a/k6ext/k6test/vu.go
+++ b/k6ext/k6test/vu.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package k6test
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/dop251/goja"
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/env"
 	"github.com/grafana/xk6-browser/k6ext"
 
+	"go.k6.io/k6/event"
+	k6event "go.k6.io/k6/event"
+	k6common "go.k6.io/k6/js/common"
 	k6eventloop "go.k6.io/k6/js/eventloop"
 	k6modulestest "go.k6.io/k6/js/modulestest"
 	k6lib "go.k6.io/k6/lib"
@@ -54,6 +58,70 @@ func (v *VU) AssertSamples(assertSample func(s k6metrics.Sample)) int {
 	return n
 }
 
+// WithScenarioName is used to set the scenario name in the IterData
+// for the 'IterStart' event.
+type WithScenarioName = string
+
+// WithVUID is used to set the VU id in the IterData for the 'IterStart'
+// event.
+type WithVUID = uint64
+
+// WithIteration is used to set the iteration in the IterData for the
+// 'IterStart' event.
+type WithIteration = int64
+
+// StartIteration generates a new IterStart event through the VU event system.
+//
+// opts can be used to parameterize the iteration data such as:
+//   - WithScenarioName: sets the scenario name (default is 'default').
+//   - WithVUID: sets the VUID (default 1).
+//   - WithIteration: sets the iteration (default 0).
+func (v *VU) StartIteration(tb testing.TB, opts ...any) {
+	tb.Helper()
+	v.iterEvent(tb, k6event.IterStart, "IterStart", opts...)
+}
+
+// EndIteration generates a new IterEnd event through the VU event system.
+//
+// opts can be used to parameterize the iteration data such as:
+//   - WithScenarioName: sets the scenario name (default is 'default').
+//   - WithVUID: sets the VUID (default 1).
+//   - WithIteration: sets the iteration (default 0).
+func (v *VU) EndIteration(tb testing.TB, opts ...any) {
+	tb.Helper()
+	v.iterEvent(tb, k6event.IterEnd, "IterEnd", opts...)
+}
+
+// iterEvent generates an iteration event for the VU.
+func (v *VU) iterEvent(tb testing.TB, eventType event.Type, eventName string, opts ...any) {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	data := k6event.IterData{
+		Iteration:    0,
+		VUID:         1,
+		ScenarioName: "default",
+	}
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		switch opt := opt.(type) {
+		case WithScenarioName:
+			data.ScenarioName = opt
+		case WithVUID:
+			data.VUID = opt
+		case WithIteration:
+			data.Iteration = opt
+		}
+	}
+
+	events, ok := v.EventsField.Local.(*k6event.System)
+	require.True(tb, ok, "want *k6event.System; got %T", events)
+	waitDone := events.Emit(&k6event.Event{
+		Type: eventType,
+		Data: data,
+	})
+	require.NoError(tb, waitDone(context.Background()), "error waiting on %s done", eventName)
+}
+
 // WithSamples is used to indicate we want to use a bidirectional channel
 // so that the test can read the metrics being emitted to the channel.
 type WithSamples chan k6metrics.SampleContainer
@@ -79,11 +147,17 @@ func NewVU(tb testing.TB, opts ...any) *VU {
 		}
 	}
 
+	logger := k6testutils.NewLogger(tb)
+
 	root, err := k6lib.NewGroup("", nil)
 	require.NoError(tb, err)
 
 	testRT := k6modulestest.NewRuntime(tb)
 	testRT.VU.InitEnvField.LookupEnv = lookupFunc
+	testRT.VU.EventsField = k6common.Events{
+		Global: k6event.NewEventSystem(100, logger),
+		Local:  k6event.NewEventSystem(100, logger),
+	}
 
 	tags := testRT.VU.InitEnvField.Registry.RootTagSet()
 
@@ -108,7 +182,7 @@ func NewVU(tb testing.TB, opts ...any) *VU {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		Logger:         k6testutils.NewLogger(tb),
+		Logger:         logger,
 		Group:          root,
 		BufferPool:     k6lib.NewBufferPool(),
 		Samples:        samples,
diff --git a/tests/browser_test.go b/tests/browser_test.go
index 138a941f4..a9474f78d 100644
--- a/tests/browser_test.go
+++ b/tests/browser_test.go
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ func TestBrowserCrashErr(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Truef(t, ok, "unexpected default mod export type %T", mod.Exports().Default)
 
 	vu.ActivateVU()
+	vu.StartIteration(t)
 
 	rt := vu.Runtime()
 	require.NoError(t, rt.Set("browser", jsMod.Browser))
diff --git a/tests/browser_type_test.go b/tests/browser_type_test.go
index 260ab4c34..ba565466e 100644
--- a/tests/browser_type_test.go
+++ b/tests/browser_type_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func TestBrowserTypeLaunchToConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Truef(t, ok, "unexpected default mod export type %T", mod.Exports().Default)
 
 	vu.ActivateVU()
+	vu.StartIteration(t)
 
 	rt := vu.Runtime()
 	require.NoError(t, rt.Set("browser", jsMod.Browser))