diff --git a/.changes/tauri-focused-windows.md b/.changes/tauri-focused-windows.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bc7cc7b5feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/tauri-focused-windows.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'tauri': 'patch:bug'
+'tauri-runtime-wry': 'patch:bug'
+---
+
+Properly respect the `focused` option when creating the webview.
diff --git a/core/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml
index 843a95ff379a..30aa3b2a42df 100644
--- a/core/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ exclude = [ "CHANGELOG.md", "/target" ]
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
-wry = { version = "0.24.1", default-features = false, features = [ "file-drop", "protocol" ] }
+wry = { version = "0.24.4", default-features = false, features = [ "file-drop", "protocol" ] }
 tauri-runtime = { version = "0.14.0", path = "../tauri-runtime" }
 tauri-utils = { version = "1.4.0", path = "../tauri-utils" }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = [ "v4" ] }
diff --git a/core/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs
index ad99920a471b..2683c74c0244 100644
--- a/core/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs
@@ -3154,6 +3154,7 @@ fn create_webview<T: UserEvent>(
   } else {
     None
   };
+  let focused = window_builder.inner.window.focused;
   let window = window_builder.inner.build(event_loop).unwrap();
 
   webview_id_map.insert(window.id(), window_id);
@@ -3163,6 +3164,7 @@ fn create_webview<T: UserEvent>(
   }
   let mut webview_builder = WebViewBuilder::new(window)
     .map_err(|e| Error::CreateWebview(Box::new(e)))?
+    .with_focused(focused)
     .with_url(&url)
     .unwrap() // safe to unwrap because we validate the URL beforehand
     .with_transparent(is_window_transparent)
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index c30d606b3095..1d214dab15a1 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4734,9 +4734,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wry"
-version = "0.24.3"
+version = "0.24.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33748f35413c8a98d45f7a08832d848c0c5915501803d1faade5a4ebcd258cea"
+checksum = "88ef04bdad49eba2e01f06e53688c8413bd6a87b0bc14b72284465cf96e3578e"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "block",