diff --git a/lib/browser/guest-window-manager.ts b/lib/browser/guest-window-manager.ts
index fb6ae6edf00b0..7aa91a15c9134 100644
--- a/lib/browser/guest-window-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/browser/guest-window-manager.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * out-of-process (cross-origin) are created here. "Embedder" roughly means
  * "parent."
  */
-import { BrowserWindow } from 'electron/main';
+import { BrowserWindow, deprecate } from 'electron/main';
 import type { BrowserWindowConstructorOptions, Referrer, WebContents, LoadURLOptions } from 'electron/main';
 import { parseFeatures } from '@electron/internal/browser/parse-features-string';
 
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ function emitDeprecatedNewWindowEvent ({ event, embedder, guest, windowOpenArgs,
     ...parseContentTypeFormat(postData)
   } : null;
 
+  if (embedder.listenerCount('new-window') > 0) {
+    deprecate.log('The new-window event is deprecated and will be removed. Please use contents.setWindowOpenHandler() instead.');
+  }
+
   embedder.emit(
     'new-window',
     event,