diff --git a/deps/+wxWidgets/webview.patch b/deps/+wxWidgets/webview.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c241c57b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/+wxWidgets/webview.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ur build.orig/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt
+--- wxWidgets.orig/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt	2024-06-14 19:02:36.000000000 +0200
++++ wxWidgets/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt	2024-07-01 16:21:52.922737200 +0200
+@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
+ elseif(WXMSW)
+     if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_EDGE)
+         # Update the following variables if updating WebView2 SDK
+-        set(WEBVIEW2_VERSION "1.0.705.50")
++        set(WEBVIEW2_VERSION "1.0.2592.51")
+         set(WEBVIEW2_URL "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.Web.WebView2/${WEBVIEW2_VERSION}")
+-        set(WEBVIEW2_SHA256 "6a34bb553e18cfac7297b4031f3eac2558e439f8d16a45945c22945ac404105d")
++        set(WEBVIEW2_SHA256 "805c79e05184fab18c9fe7b8ba820c598399b97adc1fbf5b0ea490efad91d5b8")
+ 
+         set(WEBVIEW2_DEFAULT_PACKAGE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/packages/Microsoft.Web.WebView2.${WEBVIEW2_VERSION}")
+ 
diff --git a/deps/+wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake b/deps/+wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake
index 77c12ee72f..e09f3d9874 100644
--- a/deps/+wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake
+++ b/deps/+wxWidgets/wxWidgets.cmake
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ endif ()
 add_cmake_project(wxWidgets
     URL https://github.com/prusa3d/wxWidgets/archive/323a465e577e03f330e2e6a4c78e564d125340cb.zip
     URL_HASH SHA256=B538E4AD3CC93117932F4DED70C476D6650F9C70A9D4055A08F3693864C47465
+    PATCH_COMMAND COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/webview.patch
     CMAKE_ARGS
         "-DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX:STRING="
         -DwxBUILD_PRECOMP=ON
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/WebViewPlatformUtilsWin32.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/WebViewPlatformUtilsWin32.cpp
index 33da42d82f..dd6348be16 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/WebViewPlatformUtilsWin32.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/WebViewPlatformUtilsWin32.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "WebView2.h"
 #include <wrl.h>
 #include <atlbase.h>
+#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
 
 #include "wx/msw/private/comptr.h"
 
@@ -15,59 +16,39 @@ namespace Slic3r::GUI {
 
 void setup_webview_with_credentials(wxWebView* webview, const std::string& username, const std::string& password)
 {
-    ICoreWebView2 *webView2 = (ICoreWebView2 *) webview->GetNativeBackend();
+    ICoreWebView2 *webView2 = static_cast<ICoreWebView2 *>(webview->GetNativeBackend());
 
-    
-    wxCOMPtr<ICoreWebView2_2> webview2Com;
-    wxCOMPtr<ICoreWebView2Environment> environment;
-    if(FAILED(webView2->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARGS(&webview2Com))))
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (FAILED(webview2Com->get_Environment(&environment))) {
-        return;
-    }
 
-    LPWSTR wideString;
-    if (SUCCEEDED(environment->get_BrowserVersionString(&wideString))) {
-        std::wcout << L"WebView2 runtime version: " << wideString << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    
     wxCOMPtr<ICoreWebView2_10> wv2_10;
-    //if (!SUCCEEDED(webView2->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARGS(&wv2_10)))) {
-    //wv2_10 = wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2>(m_appWindow->GetWebView()).query<ICoreWebView2_2>();
-    // auto webView10 = webView2->query<ICoreWebView2_10>()
     HRESULT hr = webView2->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARGS(&wv2_10));
     if (FAILED(hr)) {
         return;        
     }
+
     // should it be stored?
     EventRegistrationToken basicAuthenticationRequestedToken = {};
 
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(wv2_10->add_BasicAuthenticationRequested(
+    if (FAILED(wv2_10->add_BasicAuthenticationRequested(
             Microsoft::WRL::Callback<ICoreWebView2BasicAuthenticationRequestedEventHandler>(
                 [username, password](ICoreWebView2 *sender, ICoreWebView2BasicAuthenticationRequestedEventArgs *args) {
                     wxCOMPtr<ICoreWebView2BasicAuthenticationResponse> basicAuthenticationResponse;
-                    if (!SUCCEEDED(args->get_Response(&basicAuthenticationResponse))) {
+                    if (FAILED(args->get_Response(&basicAuthenticationResponse))) {
                         return -1;
                     }
-                    if (!SUCCEEDED(basicAuthenticationResponse->put_UserName(GUI::from_u8(username).c_str()))) {
+                    if (FAILED(basicAuthenticationResponse->put_UserName(GUI::from_u8(username).c_str()))) {
                         return -1;
                     }
-                    if (!SUCCEEDED(basicAuthenticationResponse->put_Password(GUI::from_u8(password).c_str()))) {
+                    if (FAILED(basicAuthenticationResponse->put_Password(GUI::from_u8(password).c_str()))) {
                         return -1;
                     }
                     return 0;
                 }
             ).Get(),
             &basicAuthenticationRequestedToken
-        ))) 
-    {
+        ))) {
 
+        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "WebView: Cannot register authentication request handler";
     }
-    wv2_10->Release();
-    
        
 }
 #endif