diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/socksClientCertificatesInterceptor.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/socksClientCertificatesInterceptor.ts
index ce8086c821..d5a71c73e6 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/socksClientCertificatesInterceptor.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/socksClientCertificatesInterceptor.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import type https from 'https';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import tls from 'tls';
 import stream from 'stream';
-import { createSocket } from '../utils/happy-eyeballs';
+import { createSocket, createTLSSocket } from '../utils/happy-eyeballs';
 import { isUnderTest, ManualPromise } from '../utils';
 import type { SocksSocketClosedPayload, SocksSocketDataPayload, SocksSocketRequestedPayload } from '../common/socksProxy';
 import { SocksProxy } from '../common/socksProxy';
@@ -42,22 +42,21 @@ class ALPNCache {
     const result = new ManualPromise<string>();
     this._cache.set(cacheKey, result);
     result.then(success);
-    const socket = tls.connect({
+    createTLSSocket({
       host,
       port,
       servername: net.isIP(host) ? undefined : host,
       ALPNProtocols: ['h2', 'http/1.1'],
       rejectUnauthorized: false,
-    });
-    socket.on('secureConnect', () => {
-      // The server may not respond with ALPN, in which case we default to http/1.1.
-      result.resolve(socket.alpnProtocol || 'http/1.1');
-      socket.end();
-    });
-    socket.on('error', error => {
+    }).then(socket => {
+      socket.on('secureConnect', () => {
+        // The server may not respond with ALPN, in which case we default to http/1.1.
+        result.resolve(socket.alpnProtocol || 'http/1.1');
+        socket.end();
+      });
+    }).catch(error => {
       debugLogger.log('client-certificates', `ALPN error: ${error.message}`);
       result.resolve('http/1.1');
-      socket.end();
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/happy-eyeballs.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/happy-eyeballs.ts
index 37d5c1b271..80663b8192 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/happy-eyeballs.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/happy-eyeballs.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import * as https from 'https';
 import * as net from 'net';
 import * as tls from 'tls';
 import { ManualPromise } from './manualPromise';
+import { assert } from './debug';
 
 // Implementation(partial) of Happy Eyeballs 2 algorithm described in
 // https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8305
@@ -66,7 +67,41 @@ export async function createSocket(host: string, port: number): Promise<net.Sock
   });
 }
 
-async function createConnectionAsync(options: http.ClientRequestArgs, oncreate: ((err: Error | null, socket?: net.Socket) => void) | undefined, useTLS: boolean) {
+export async function createTLSSocket(options: tls.ConnectionOptions): Promise<tls.TLSSocket> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    assert(options.host, 'host is required');
+    if (net.isIP(options.host)) {
+      const socket = tls.connect(options)
+      socket.on('connect', () => resolve(socket));
+      socket.on('error', error => reject(error));
+    } else {
+      createConnectionAsync(options, (err, socket) => {
+        if (err)
+          reject(err);
+        if (socket)
+          resolve(socket);
+      }, true).catch(err => reject(err));
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export async function createConnectionAsync(
+  options: http.ClientRequestArgs, 
+  oncreate: ((err: Error | null, socket?: tls.TLSSocket) => void) | undefined, 
+  useTLS: true
+): Promise<void>;
+
+export async function createConnectionAsync(
+  options: http.ClientRequestArgs, 
+  oncreate: ((err: Error | null, socket?: net.Socket) => void) | undefined, 
+  useTLS: false
+): Promise<void>;
+
+export async function createConnectionAsync(
+  options: http.ClientRequestArgs, 
+  oncreate: ((err: Error | null, socket?: any) => void) | undefined, 
+  useTLS: boolean
+): Promise<void> {
   const lookup = (options as any).__testHookLookup || lookupAddresses;
   const hostname = clientRequestArgsToHostName(options);
   const addresses = await lookup(hostname);