diff --git a/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_modal_windows_test.go b/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_modal_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a6b4a5357f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_modal_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+//go:build windows && !server
+
+package application
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/issues/6054.
+func TestModalParentIsReleasedBeforeWindowDestruction(t *testing.T) {
+	sourceBytes, err := os.ReadFile("webview_window_windows.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	source := string(sourceBytes)
+
+	assertCallOrder(
+		t,
+		source,
+		"func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) destroy()",
+		"func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) reload()",
+		"w.releaseModalParent(w.isFocused())",
+		"w32.DestroyWindow(w.hwnd)",
+	)
+	assertCallOrder(
+		t,
+		source,
+		"case w32.WM_CLOSE:",
+		"case w32.WM_SETCURSOR:",
+		"w.releaseModalParent(restoreParentActivation)",
+		"w32.DefWindowProc(w.hwnd, w32.WM_CLOSE, 0, 0)",
+	)
+}
+
+func TestModalParentActivationIsConditional(t *testing.T) {
+	sourceBytes, err := os.ReadFile("webview_window_windows.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	assertCallOrder(
+		t,
+		string(sourceBytes),
+		"func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) releaseModalParent(activate bool)",
+		"func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) reload()",
+		"if activate {",
+		"w32.SetActiveWindow(w.parentHWND)",
+	)
+}
+
+func assertCallOrder(t *testing.T, source, start, end, first, second string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	startIndex := strings.Index(source, start)
+	if startIndex < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("start marker %q not found", start)
+	}
+	section := source[startIndex:]
+	endIndex := strings.Index(section, end)
+	if endIndex < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("end marker %q not found after %q", end, start)
+	}
+	section = section[:endIndex]
+	firstIndex := strings.Index(section, first)
+	secondIndex := strings.Index(section, second)
+	if firstIndex < 0 || secondIndex < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %q and %q between %q and %q", first, second, start, end)
+	}
+	if firstIndex > secondIndex {
+		t.Fatalf("%q must occur before %q between %q and %q", first, second, start, end)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go b/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go
index b397a95697d..6d9c97d4ed6 100644
--- a/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go
+++ b/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go
@@ -854,17 +854,28 @@ func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) setRelativePosition(x int, y int) {
 }
 
 func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) destroy() {
-	// Re-enable parent window if this was a modal window
-	if w.parentHWND != 0 {
-		w32.EnableWindow(w.parentHWND, true)
-		w.parentHWND = 0
-	}
+	w.releaseModalParent(w.isFocused())
 
 	w.parent.markAsDestroyed()
 	// destroy the window
 	w32.DestroyWindow(w.hwnd)
 }
 
+// releaseModalParent makes an attached modal's owner eligible for activation
+// again. If the modal is currently foreground, activate its owner before the
+// modal is destroyed so Windows does not select the next unrelated top-level
+// window. A background modal must not steal activation from another app.
+func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) releaseModalParent(activate bool) {
+	if w.parentHWND == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	w32.EnableWindow(w.parentHWND, true)
+	if activate {
+		w32.SetActiveWindow(w.parentHWND)
+	}
+	w.parentHWND = 0
+}
+
 func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) reload() {
 	w.execJS("window.location.reload();")
 }
@@ -1645,21 +1656,15 @@ func (w *windowsWebviewWindow) WndProc(msg uint32, wparam, lparam uintptr) uintp
 			return 0
 		}
 
-		defer func() {
-			// Re-enable parent window if this was a modal window
-			if w.parentHWND != 0 {
-				w32.EnableWindow(w.parentHWND, true)
-				w.parentHWND = 0
-			}
-
-			windowsApp := globalApplication.impl.(*windowsApp)
-			windowsApp.unregisterWindow(w)
-
-		}()
-
-		// Now do the actual close
+		// DefWindowProc destroys the modal and may select the next unrelated
+		// top-level window, so remember whether its owner should remain active.
+		restoreParentActivation := w.isFocused()
 		w.chromium.ShuttingDown()
-		return w32.DefWindowProc(w.hwnd, w32.WM_CLOSE, 0, 0)
+		w.releaseModalParent(restoreParentActivation)
+		result := w32.DefWindowProc(w.hwnd, w32.WM_CLOSE, 0, 0)
+		windowsApp := globalApplication.impl.(*windowsApp)
+		windowsApp.unregisterWindow(w)
+		return result
 	case w32.WM_SETCURSOR:
 		if w.compositionCursor != 0 && w32.LOWORD(uint32(lparam)) == w32.HTCLIENT {
 			w32.SetCursor(w.compositionCursor)