diff --git a/lib/worker-manager.js b/lib/worker-manager.js
index 17b9588191..3ff47d3bea 100644
--- a/lib/worker-manager.js
+++ b/lib/worker-manager.js
@@ -267,8 +267,17 @@ export class RendererProcess {
     this.onStdinError = onStdinError;
     this.onExecStarted = onExecStarted;
 
-    this.win = new BrowserWindow({show: !!process.env.ATOM_GITHUB_SHOW_RENDERER_WINDOW,
-      webPreferences: {nodeIntegration: true, enableRemoteModule: true}});
+    this.win = new BrowserWindow({
+      show: !!process.env.ATOM_GITHUB_SHOW_RENDERER_WINDOW,
+      webPreferences: {
+        nodeIntegration: true,
+        enableRemoteModule: true,
+
+        // The default of contextIsolation is changed to true so we'll have to set it to false.
+        // See https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23506 for more information
+        contextIsolation: false
+      },
+    });
     this.webContents = this.win.webContents;
     // this.webContents.openDevTools();