diff --git a/cli/dts/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts b/cli/dts/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts
index 8e97fe014a..c9423b5f38 100644
--- a/cli/dts/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts
+++ b/cli/dts/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ interface WebSocket extends EventTarget {
    */
   readonly extensions: string;
   onclose: ((this: WebSocket, ev: CloseEvent) => any) | null;
-  onerror: ((this: WebSocket, ev: Event) => any) | null;
+  onerror: ((this: WebSocket, ev: Event | ErrorEvent) => any) | null;
   onmessage: ((this: WebSocket, ev: MessageEvent) => any) | null;
   onopen: ((this: WebSocket, ev: Event) => any) | null;
   /**
diff --git a/cli/ops/websocket.rs b/cli/ops/websocket.rs
index 4a5b83b888..ff360055c8 100644
--- a/cli/ops/websocket.rs
+++ b/cli/ops/websocket.rs
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ pub async fn op_ws_create(
     cli_state.check_net_url(&url::Url::parse(&args.url)?)?;
     cli_state.global_state.flags.ca_file.clone()
   };
-  let uri: Uri = args.url.parse().unwrap();
+  let uri: Uri = args.url.parse()?;
   let request = Request::builder()
     .method(Method::GET)
     .uri(&uri)
     .header("Sec-WebSocket-Protocol", args.protocols)
-    .body(())
-    .unwrap();
+    .body(())?;
   let domain = &uri.host().unwrap().to_string();
   let port = &uri.port_u16().unwrap_or(match uri.scheme_str() {
     Some("wss") => 443,
@@ -100,7 +99,12 @@ pub async fn op_ws_create(
   };
 
   let (stream, response): (WsStream, Response) =
-    client_async(request, socket).await.unwrap();
+    client_async(request, socket).await.map_err(|err| {
+      ErrBox::type_error(format!(
+        "failed to connect to WebSocket: {}",
+        err.to_string()
+      ))
+    })?;
 
   let mut state = state.borrow_mut();
   let rid = state
diff --git a/cli/rt/27_websocket.js b/cli/rt/27_websocket.js
index 0b113ebca7..fdb5333e3a 100644
--- a/cli/rt/27_websocket.js
+++ b/cli/rt/27_websocket.js
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@
           this.onclose?.(closeEvent);
           this.dispatchEvent(closeEvent);
         }
+      }).catch((err) => {
+        const event = new ErrorEvent(
+          "error",
+          { error: err, message: err.toString() },
+        );
+        event.target = this;
+        this.onerror?.(event);
+        this.dispatchEvent(event);
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 3c2154dffe..44e56d2463 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ fn fmt_stdin_error() {
 }
 
 // Warning: this test requires internet access.
+// TODO(#7412): reenable. test is flaky
 #[test]
+#[ignore]
 fn upgrade_in_tmpdir() {
   let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
   let exe_path = temp_dir.path().join("deno");
@@ -423,7 +425,9 @@ fn upgrade_in_tmpdir() {
 }
 
 // Warning: this test requires internet access.
+// TODO(#7412): reenable. test is flaky
 #[test]
+#[ignore]
 fn upgrade_with_space_in_path() {
   let temp_dir = tempfile::Builder::new()
     .prefix("directory with spaces")
@@ -473,7 +477,9 @@ fn upgrade_with_version_in_tmpdir() {
 }
 
 // Warning: this test requires internet access.
+// TODO(#7412): reenable. test is flaky
 #[test]
+#[ignore]
 fn upgrade_with_out_in_tmpdir() {
   let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
   let exe_path = temp_dir.path().join("deno");
diff --git a/cli/tests/websocket_test.ts b/cli/tests/websocket_test.ts
index 0fb9af951f..93fddf4462 100644
--- a/cli/tests/websocket_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/websocket_test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import {
+  assert,
   assertEquals,
   assertThrows,
   createResolvable,
@@ -135,18 +136,33 @@ Deno.test("echo string", async () => {
 });
 
 Deno.test("echo string tls", async () => {
-  const promise = createResolvable();
+  const promise1 = createResolvable();
+  const promise2 = createResolvable();
   const ws = new WebSocket("wss://localhost:4243");
   ws.onerror = (): void => fail();
   ws.onopen = (): void => ws.send("foo");
   ws.onmessage = (e): void => {
     assertEquals(e.data, "foo");
     ws.close();
+    promise1.resolve();
   };
   ws.onclose = (): void => {
-    promise.resolve();
+    promise2.resolve();
   };
-  await promise;
+  await promise1;
+  await promise2;
+});
+
+Deno.test("websocket error", async () => {
+  const promise1 = createResolvable();
+  const ws = new WebSocket("wss://localhost:4242");
+  ws.onopen = () => fail();
+  ws.onerror = (err): void => {
+    assert(err instanceof ErrorEvent);
+    assertEquals(err.message, "InvalidData: received corrupt message");
+    promise1.resolve();
+  };
+  await promise1;
 });
 
 Deno.test("echo blob with binaryType blob", async () => {