diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 67a84f55853770..9d9ad1f222b903 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class Event {
     if (!isEvent(this))
       throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('Event');
     if (value) {
-      this.stopPropagation();
+      this.#propagationStopped = true;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
index 193c47893b5a9e..aaead823d032b8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
@@ -738,3 +738,10 @@ let asyncTest = Promise.resolve();
   controller.abort();
   et.dispatchEvent(new Event('foo'));
 }
+
+{
+  const event = new Event('foo');
+  strictEqual(event.cancelBubble, false);
+  event.cancelBubble = true;
+  strictEqual(event.cancelBubble, true);
+}