diff --git a/Sources/Interaction/Manipulators/MouseRangeManipulator/index.js b/Sources/Interaction/Manipulators/MouseRangeManipulator/index.js
index 261257b6687..7f70dff74d7 100644
--- a/Sources/Interaction/Manipulators/MouseRangeManipulator/index.js
+++ b/Sources/Interaction/Manipulators/MouseRangeManipulator/index.js
@@ -256,8 +256,9 @@ function vtkMouseRangeManipulator(publicAPI, model) {
     // we don't interfere with other events such as doubleClick,
     // for this reason we don't call this from `onButtonDown`
     if (model.usePointerLock && !interactor.isPointerLocked()) {
-      interactor.requestPointerLock();
-      publicAPI.startPointerLockEvent(interactor, renderer);
+      Promise.resolve(interactor.requestPointerLock()).then(() => {
+        publicAPI.startPointerLockEvent(interactor, renderer);
+      });
     }
 
     if (!position) {
diff --git a/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.d.ts b/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.d.ts
index 04ea0120245..f605ed8867c 100755
--- a/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.d.ts
+++ b/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.d.ts
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ export interface vtkRenderWindowInteractor extends vtkObject {
   /**
    *
    */
-  requestPointerLock(): void;
+  requestPointerLock(): Promise<void> | undefined;
 
   /**
    *
diff --git a/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.js b/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.js
index 56c829e43b9..3d2b1fbed98 100644
--- a/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.js
+++ b/Sources/Rendering/Core/RenderWindowInteractor/index.js
@@ -480,8 +480,9 @@ function vtkRenderWindowInteractor(publicAPI, model) {
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------
   publicAPI.requestPointerLock = () => {
     if (model.container) {
-      model.container.requestPointerLock();
+      return model.container.requestPointerLock();
     }
+    return undefined;
   };
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------