diff --git a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/instrumentation/eventListener/event-target/subject.js b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/instrumentation/eventListener/event-target/subject.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f28a4f125e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/instrumentation/eventListener/event-target/subject.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const btn = document.createElement('button');
+btn.id = 'btn';
+document.body.appendChild(btn);
+
+const functionListener = function () {
+  throw new Error('event_listener_error');
+};
+
+btn.addEventListener('click', functionListener);
+
+btn.click();
diff --git a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/instrumentation/eventListener/event-target/test.ts b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/instrumentation/eventListener/event-target/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7900c774a914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/instrumentation/eventListener/event-target/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { Event } from '@sentry/types';
+
+import { sentryTest } from '../../../../../utils/fixtures';
+import { getFirstSentryEnvelopeRequest } from '../../../../../utils/helpers';
+
+sentryTest('should capture target name in mechanism data', async ({ getLocalTestUrl, page }) => {
+  const url = await getLocalTestUrl({ testDir: __dirname });
+
+  const eventData = await getFirstSentryEnvelopeRequest<Event>(page, url);
+
+  expect(eventData.exception?.values).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(eventData.exception?.values?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+    type: 'Error',
+    value: 'event_listener_error',
+    mechanism: {
+      type: 'instrument',
+      handled: false,
+      data: {
+        function: 'addEventListener',
+        handler: 'functionListener',
+        target: 'EventTarget',
+      },
+    },
+    stacktrace: {
+      frames: expect.any(Array),
+    },
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/integrations/browserapierrors.ts b/packages/browser/src/integrations/browserapierrors.ts
index 2a66a9ad3e5b..fffbcff0b09a 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/integrations/browserapierrors.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/integrations/browserapierrors.ts
@@ -167,19 +167,15 @@ function _wrapEventTarget(target: string): void {
   const targetObj = globalObject[target];
   const proto = targetObj && targetObj.prototype;
 
-  if (!proto || Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(proto, 'addEventListener')) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-prototype-builtins
+  if (!proto || !proto.hasOwnProperty || !proto.hasOwnProperty('addEventListener')) {
     return;
   }
 
   fill(proto, 'addEventListener', function (original: VoidFunction,): (
     ...args: Parameters<typeof WINDOW.addEventListener>
-  ) => void {
-    return function (
-      this: unknown,
-      eventName,
-      fn,
-      options,
-    ): (eventName: string, fn: EventListenerObject, capture?: boolean, secure?: boolean) => void {
+  ) => ReturnType<typeof WINDOW.addEventListener> {
+    return function (this: unknown, eventName, fn, options): VoidFunction {
       try {
         if (isEventListenerObject(fn)) {
           // ESlint disable explanation:
@@ -222,11 +218,11 @@ function _wrapEventTarget(target: string): void {
     };
   });
 
-  fill(proto, 'removeEventListener', function (originalRemoveEventListener: () => void,): (
+  fill(proto, 'removeEventListener', function (originalRemoveEventListener: VoidFunction,): (
     this: unknown,
     ...args: Parameters<typeof WINDOW.removeEventListener>
-  ) => () => void {
-    return function (this: unknown, eventName, fn, options): () => void {
+  ) => ReturnType<typeof WINDOW.removeEventListener> {
+    return function (this: unknown, eventName, fn, options): VoidFunction {
       /**
        * There are 2 possible scenarios here:
        *