diff --git a/sdk/identity/identity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/identity/identity/CHANGELOG.md
index f5f202a539d9..d2aa4d192b83 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/identity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/identity/identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## 2.0.0-beta.4 (Unreleased)
 
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Fixed an issue in which `InteractiveBrowserCredential` on Node would sometimes cause the process to hang if there was no browser available.
 ### Breaking changes 
 
 - Removed the protected method `getAzureCliAccessToken` from the public API of the `AzureCliCredential`. While it will continue to be available as part of v1, we won't be supporting this method as part of v2's public API.
diff --git a/sdk/identity/identity/src/msal/nodeFlows/msalOpenBrowser.ts b/sdk/identity/identity/src/msal/nodeFlows/msalOpenBrowser.ts
index 2b2ab23dbde8..674bcbec57d9 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/identity/src/msal/nodeFlows/msalOpenBrowser.ts
+++ b/sdk/identity/identity/src/msal/nodeFlows/msalOpenBrowser.ts
@@ -138,18 +138,13 @@ export class MsalOpenBrowser extends MsalNode {
             cleanup();
           });
       };
+
       const app = http.createServer(requestListener);
+      const server = stoppable(app);
 
       const listen = app.listen(this.port, this.hostname, () =>
         this.logger.info(`InteractiveBrowserCredential listening on port ${this.port}!`)
       );
-      app.on("connection", (socket) => socketToDestroy.push(socket));
-      const server = stoppable(app);
-
-      this.openAuthCodeUrl(scopes).catch((e) => {
-        cleanup();
-        reject(e);
-      });
 
       function cleanup(): void {
         if (listen) {
@@ -166,13 +161,24 @@ export class MsalOpenBrowser extends MsalNode {
         }
       }
 
-      const abortSignal = options?.abortSignal;
-      if (abortSignal) {
-        abortSignal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
+      app.on("connection", (socket) => socketToDestroy.push(socket));
+
+      app.on("listening", () => {
+        const openPromise = this.openAuthCodeUrl(scopes);
+
+        const abortSignal = options?.abortSignal;
+        if (abortSignal) {
+          abortSignal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
+            cleanup();
+            reject(new Error("Aborted"));
+          });
+        }
+
+        openPromise.then().catch((e) => {
           cleanup();
-          reject(new Error("Aborted"));
+          reject(e);
         });
-      }
+      });
     });
   }