diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index edbeb68..e280ae9 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
       "//flutter/shell/platform/embedder:embedder_proctable_unittests",
       "//flutter/shell/platform/embedder:embedder_unittests",
       "//flutter/testing:testing_unittests",
+      "//flutter/third_party/tonic/tests:tonic_unittests",
       "//flutter/third_party/txt:txt_unittests",
     ]
 
diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 1cce4ca..7294490 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   # Dart is: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/master/DEPS.
   # You can use //tools/dart/create_updated_flutter_deps.py to produce
   # updated revision list of existing dependencies.
-  'dart_revision': 'd2577410a5016eadc111919355e19d42dd45d816',
+  'dart_revision': '52783837369de45d3372cb6c6b7cdd63e71cd829',
 
   # WARNING: DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY
   # The lines between blank lines above and below are generated by a script. See create_updated_flutter_deps.py
diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index d4b2c65..f00657c 100755
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -1463,6 +1463,8 @@
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_persistent_value.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_state.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_state.h
+FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.cc
+FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/tonic/dart_wrapper_info.h
diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_third_party b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_third_party
index 3e60c51..371a849 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_third_party
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_third_party
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Signature: c55e82fda8f939e4cdbeb9c2c004e7d9
+Signature: 51a79de001f82d05f084b671f6216a31
 
 UNUSED LICENSES:
 
diff --git a/lib/ui/painting/image_decoder.cc b/lib/ui/painting/image_decoder.cc
index d6c4a66..b6ffb20 100644
--- a/lib/ui/painting/image_decoder.cc
+++ b/lib/ui/painting/image_decoder.cc
@@ -224,12 +224,13 @@
   FML_DCHECK(callback);
   FML_DCHECK(runners_.GetUITaskRunner()->RunsTasksOnCurrentThread());
 
-  // Always service the callback on the UI thread.
-  auto result = [callback, ui_runner = runners_.GetUITaskRunner()](
+  // Always service the callback (and cleanup the descriptor) on the UI thread.
+  auto result = [callback, descriptor, ui_runner = runners_.GetUITaskRunner()](
                     SkiaGPUObject<SkImage> image,
                     fml::tracing::TraceFlow flow) {
-    ui_runner->PostTask(fml::MakeCopyable(
-        [callback, image = std::move(image), flow = std::move(flow)]() mutable {
+    ui_runner->PostTask(
+        fml::MakeCopyable([callback, descriptor, image = std::move(image),
+                           flow = std::move(flow)]() mutable {
           // We are going to terminate the trace flow here. Flows cannot
           // terminate without a base trace. Add one explicitly.
           TRACE_EVENT0("flutter", "ImageDecodeCallback");
diff --git a/lib/ui/painting/image_encoding.cc b/lib/ui/painting/image_encoding.cc
index c17a784..8a7653f 100644
--- a/lib/ui/painting/image_encoding.cc
+++ b/lib/ui/painting/image_encoding.cc
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@
   kPNG,
 };
 
-void FinalizeSkData(void* isolate_callback_data,
-                    Dart_WeakPersistentHandle handle,
-                    void* peer) {
+void FinalizeSkData(void* isolate_callback_data, void* peer) {
   SkData* buffer = reinterpret_cast<SkData*>(peer);
   buffer->unref();
 }
diff --git a/runtime/dart_isolate.cc b/runtime/dart_isolate.cc
index b834957..8a62151 100644
--- a/runtime/dart_isolate.cc
+++ b/runtime/dart_isolate.cc
@@ -981,6 +981,11 @@
 }
 
 void DartIsolate::OnShutdownCallback() {
+  tonic::DartState* state = tonic::DartState::Current();
+  if (state != nullptr) {
+    state->SetIsShuttingDown();
+  }
+
   {
     tonic::DartApiScope api_scope;
     Dart_Handle sticky_error = Dart_GetStickyError();
diff --git a/shell/platform/embedder/embedder.cc b/shell/platform/embedder/embedder.cc
index ae9849a..b0c61a1 100644
--- a/shell/platform/embedder/embedder.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/embedder/embedder.cc
@@ -1922,8 +1922,7 @@
         dart_object.value.as_external_typed_data.data = buffer;
         dart_object.value.as_external_typed_data.peer = peer;
         dart_object.value.as_external_typed_data.callback =
-            +[](void* unused_isolate_callback_data,
-                Dart_WeakPersistentHandle unused_handle, void* peer) {
+            +[](void* unused_isolate_callback_data, void* peer) {
               auto typed_peer = reinterpret_cast<ExternalTypedDataPeer*>(peer);
               typed_peer->trampoline(typed_peer->user_data);
               delete typed_peer;
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/dart_runner.cc b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/dart_runner.cc
index 76d8540..415d288 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/dart_runner.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/dart_runner.cc
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
     tonic::DartMicrotaskQueue::GetForCurrentThread()->Destroy();
     async_loop_quit(loop);
   }
+
+  auto state =
+      static_cast<std::shared_ptr<tonic::DartState>*>(isolate_group_data);
+  state->get()->SetIsShuttingDown();
 }
 
 void IsolateGroupCleanupCallback(void* isolate_group_data) {
diff --git a/testing/run_tests.py b/testing/run_tests.py
index 06b8256..8bdd114 100755
--- a/testing/run_tests.py
+++ b/testing/run_tests.py
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
 
   RunEngineExecutable(build_dir, 'runtime_unittests', filter, shuffle_flags)
 
+  RunEngineExecutable(build_dir, 'tonic_unittests', filter, shuffle_flags)
+
   if not IsWindows():
     # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/36295
     RunEngineExecutable(build_dir, 'shell_unittests', filter, shuffle_flags)
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/BUILD.gn b/third_party/tonic/BUILD.gn
index f5bedda..9a6abda 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/tonic/BUILD.gn
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
     "dart_persistent_value.h",
     "dart_state.cc",
     "dart_state.h",
+    "dart_weak_persistent_value.cc",
+    "dart_weak_persistent_value.h",
     "dart_wrappable.cc",
     "dart_wrappable.h",
     "dart_wrapper_info.h",
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_state.cc b/third_party/tonic/dart_state.cc
index b711a22..3f37685 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/dart_state.cc
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_state.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
       message_handler_(new DartMessageHandler()),
       file_loader_(new FileLoader(dirfd)),
       message_epilogue_(message_epilogue),
-      has_set_return_code_(false) {}
+      has_set_return_code_(false),
+      is_shutting_down_(false) {}
 
 DartState::~DartState() {}
 
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_state.h b/third_party/tonic/dart_state.h
index 8459149..1984a66 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/dart_state.h
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_state.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef LIB_TONIC_DART_STATE_H_
 #define LIB_TONIC_DART_STATE_H_
 
+#include <atomic>
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@
   void SetReturnCodeCallback(std::function<void(uint32_t)> callback);
   bool has_set_return_code() const { return has_set_return_code_; }
 
+  void SetIsShuttingDown() { is_shutting_down_ = true; }
+  bool IsShuttingDown() { return is_shutting_down_; }
+
   virtual void DidSetIsolate();
 
   static Dart_Handle HandleLibraryTag(Dart_LibraryTag tag,
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@
   std::function<void(Dart_Handle)> message_epilogue_;
   std::function<void(uint32_t)> set_return_code_callback_;
   bool has_set_return_code_;
+  std::atomic<bool> is_shutting_down_;
 
  protected:
   TONIC_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DartState);
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.cc b/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2664d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.h"
+
+#include "tonic/dart_state.h"
+#include "tonic/scopes/dart_isolate_scope.h"
+
+namespace tonic {
+
+DartWeakPersistentValue::DartWeakPersistentValue() : handle_(nullptr) {}
+
+DartWeakPersistentValue::~DartWeakPersistentValue() {
+  Clear();
+}
+
+void DartWeakPersistentValue::Set(DartState* dart_state,
+                                  Dart_Handle object,
+                                  void* peer,
+                                  intptr_t external_allocation_size,
+                                  Dart_HandleFinalizer callback) {
+  TONIC_DCHECK(is_empty());
+  dart_state_ = dart_state->GetWeakPtr();
+  handle_ = Dart_NewWeakPersistentHandle(object, peer, external_allocation_size,
+                                         callback);
+}
+
+void DartWeakPersistentValue::Clear() {
+  if (!handle_) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  auto dart_state = dart_state_.lock();
+  if (!dart_state) {
+    // The DartVM that the handle used to belong to has been shut down and that
+    // handle has already been deleted.
+    handle_ = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The DartVM frees the handles during shutdown and calls the finalizers.
+  // Freeing handles during shutdown would fail.
+  if (!dart_state->IsShuttingDown()) {
+    if (Dart_CurrentIsolateGroup()) {
+      Dart_DeleteWeakPersistentHandle(handle_);
+    } else {
+      // If we are not on the mutator thread, this will fail. The caller must
+      // ensure to be on the mutator thread.
+      DartIsolateScope scope(dart_state->isolate());
+      Dart_DeleteWeakPersistentHandle(handle_);
+    }
+  }
+  // If it's shutting down, the handle will be deleted already.
+
+  dart_state_.reset();
+  handle_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+Dart_Handle DartWeakPersistentValue::Get() {
+  auto dart_state = dart_state_.lock();
+  TONIC_DCHECK(dart_state);
+  TONIC_DCHECK(!dart_state->IsShuttingDown());
+  if (!handle_) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  return Dart_HandleFromWeakPersistent(handle_);
+}
+
+}  // namespace tonic
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.h b/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8aed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef LIB_TONIC_DART_WEAK_PERSISTENT_VALUE_H_
+#define LIB_TONIC_DART_WEAK_PERSISTENT_VALUE_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "third_party/dart/runtime/include/dart_api.h"
+#include "tonic/common/macros.h"
+
+namespace tonic {
+class DartState;
+
+// DartWeakPersistentValue is a bookkeeping class to help pair calls to
+// Dart_NewWeakPersistentHandle with Dart_DeleteWeakPersistentHandle even in
+// the case if IsolateGroup shutdown. Consider using this class instead of
+// holding a Dart_PersistentHandle directly so that you don't leak the
+// Dart_WeakPersistentHandle.
+class DartWeakPersistentValue {
+ public:
+  DartWeakPersistentValue();
+  ~DartWeakPersistentValue();
+
+  Dart_WeakPersistentHandle value() const { return handle_; }
+  bool is_empty() const { return handle_ == nullptr; }
+
+  void Set(DartState* dart_state,
+           Dart_Handle object,
+           void* peer,
+           intptr_t external_allocation_size,
+           Dart_HandleFinalizer callback);
+  void Clear();
+  Dart_Handle Get();
+
+  const std::weak_ptr<DartState>& dart_state() const { return dart_state_; }
+
+ private:
+  std::weak_ptr<DartState> dart_state_;
+  Dart_WeakPersistentHandle handle_;
+
+  TONIC_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DartWeakPersistentValue);
+};
+
+}  // namespace tonic
+
+#endif  // LIB_TONIC_DART_WEAK_PERSISTENT_VALUE_H_
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc
index 3bdfe3e..858215c 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@
 namespace tonic {
 
 DartWrappable::~DartWrappable() {
-  TONIC_CHECK(!dart_wrapper_);
+  // Calls the destructor of dart_wrapper_ to delete WeakPersistentHandle.
 }
 
 // TODO(dnfield): Delete this. https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/50997
 Dart_Handle DartWrappable::CreateDartWrapper(DartState* dart_state) {
-  TONIC_DCHECK(!dart_wrapper_);
+  if (!dart_wrapper_.is_empty()) {
+    // Any previously given out wrapper must have been GCed.
+    TONIC_DCHECK(Dart_IsNull(dart_wrapper_.Get()));
+    dart_wrapper_.Clear();
+  }
+
   const DartWrapperInfo& info = GetDartWrapperInfo();
 
   Dart_PersistentHandle type = dart_state->class_library().GetClass(info);
@@ -36,14 +41,19 @@
   TONIC_DCHECK(!LogIfError(res));
 
   this->RetainDartWrappableReference();  // Balanced in FinalizeDartWrapper.
-  dart_wrapper_ = Dart_NewWeakPersistentHandle(
-      wrapper, this, GetAllocationSize(), &FinalizeDartWrapper);
+  dart_wrapper_.Set(dart_state, wrapper, this, GetAllocationSize(),
+                    &FinalizeDartWrapper);
 
   return wrapper;
 }
 
 void DartWrappable::AssociateWithDartWrapper(Dart_Handle wrapper) {
-  TONIC_DCHECK(!dart_wrapper_);
+  if (!dart_wrapper_.is_empty()) {
+    // Any previously given out wrapper must have been GCed.
+    TONIC_DCHECK(Dart_IsNull(dart_wrapper_.Get()));
+    dart_wrapper_.Clear();
+  }
+
   TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(wrapper));
 
   const DartWrapperInfo& info = GetDartWrapperInfo();
@@ -54,26 +64,25 @@
       wrapper, kWrapperInfoIndex, reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(&info))));
 
   this->RetainDartWrappableReference();  // Balanced in FinalizeDartWrapper.
-  dart_wrapper_ = Dart_NewWeakPersistentHandle(
-      wrapper, this, GetAllocationSize(), &FinalizeDartWrapper);
+
+  DartState* dart_state = DartState::Current();
+  dart_wrapper_.Set(dart_state, wrapper, this, GetAllocationSize(),
+                    &FinalizeDartWrapper);
 }
 
 void DartWrappable::ClearDartWrapper() {
-  TONIC_DCHECK(dart_wrapper_);
-  Dart_Handle wrapper = Dart_HandleFromWeakPersistent(dart_wrapper_);
+  TONIC_DCHECK(!dart_wrapper_.is_empty());
+  Dart_Handle wrapper = dart_wrapper_.Get();
   TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(Dart_SetNativeInstanceField(wrapper, kPeerIndex, 0)));
   TONIC_CHECK(
       !LogIfError(Dart_SetNativeInstanceField(wrapper, kWrapperInfoIndex, 0)));
-  Dart_DeleteWeakPersistentHandle(dart_wrapper_);
-  dart_wrapper_ = nullptr;
+  dart_wrapper_.Clear();
   this->ReleaseDartWrappableReference();
 }
 
 void DartWrappable::FinalizeDartWrapper(void* isolate_callback_data,
-                                        Dart_WeakPersistentHandle wrapper,
                                         void* peer) {
   DartWrappable* wrappable = reinterpret_cast<DartWrappable*>(peer);
-  wrappable->dart_wrapper_ = nullptr;
   wrappable->ReleaseDartWrappableReference();  // Balanced in CreateDartWrapper.
 }
 
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h
index a036abb..f944dac 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "tonic/common/macros.h"
 #include "tonic/converter/dart_converter.h"
 #include "tonic/dart_state.h"
+#include "tonic/dart_weak_persistent_value.h"
 #include "tonic/dart_wrapper_info.h"
 #include "tonic/logging/dart_error.h"
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
     kNumberOfNativeFields,
   };
 
-  DartWrappable() : dart_wrapper_(nullptr) {}
+  DartWrappable() : dart_wrapper_(DartWeakPersistentValue()) {}
 
   // Subclasses that wish to expose a new interface must override this function
   // and provide information about their wrapper. There is no need to call your
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@
   Dart_Handle CreateDartWrapper(DartState* dart_state);
   void AssociateWithDartWrapper(Dart_Handle wrappable);
   void ClearDartWrapper();  // Warning: Might delete this.
-  Dart_WeakPersistentHandle dart_wrapper() const { return dart_wrapper_; }
+  Dart_WeakPersistentHandle dart_wrapper() const {
+    return dart_wrapper_.value();
+  }
 
  protected:
   virtual ~DartWrappable();
@@ -59,11 +62,9 @@
       const tonic::DartWrapperInfo& wrapper_info);
 
  private:
-  static void FinalizeDartWrapper(void* isolate_callback_data,
-                                  Dart_WeakPersistentHandle wrapper,
-                                  void* peer);
+  static void FinalizeDartWrapper(void* isolate_callback_data, void* peer);
 
-  Dart_WeakPersistentHandle dart_wrapper_;
+  DartWeakPersistentValue dart_wrapper_;
 
   TONIC_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DartWrappable);
 };
@@ -103,22 +104,36 @@
     typename std::enable_if<
         std::is_convertible<T*, const DartWrappable*>::value>::type> {
   static Dart_Handle ToDart(DartWrappable* val) {
-    if (!val)
+    if (!val) {
       return Dart_Null();
-    if (Dart_WeakPersistentHandle wrapper = val->dart_wrapper())
-      return Dart_HandleFromWeakPersistent(wrapper);
+    }
+    if (Dart_WeakPersistentHandle wrapper = val->dart_wrapper()) {
+      auto strong_handle = Dart_HandleFromWeakPersistent(wrapper);
+      if (!Dart_IsNull(strong_handle)) {
+        return strong_handle;
+      }
+      // After the weak referenced object has been GCed, the handle points to
+      // Dart_Null(). Fall through create a new wrapper object.
+    }
     return val->CreateDartWrapper(DartState::Current());
   }
 
   static void SetReturnValue(Dart_NativeArguments args,
                              DartWrappable* val,
                              bool auto_scope = true) {
-    if (!val)
+    if (!val) {
       Dart_SetReturnValue(args, Dart_Null());
-    else if (Dart_WeakPersistentHandle wrapper = val->dart_wrapper())
-      Dart_SetWeakHandleReturnValue(args, wrapper);
-    else
-      Dart_SetReturnValue(args, val->CreateDartWrapper(DartState::Current()));
+      return;
+    } else if (Dart_WeakPersistentHandle wrapper = val->dart_wrapper()) {
+      auto strong_handle = Dart_HandleFromWeakPersistent(wrapper);
+      if (!Dart_IsNull(strong_handle)) {
+        Dart_SetReturnValue(args, strong_handle);
+        return;
+      }
+      // After the weak referenced object has been GCed, the handle points to
+      // Dart_Null(). Fall through create a new wrapper object.
+    }
+    Dart_SetReturnValue(args, val->CreateDartWrapper(DartState::Current()));
   }
 
   static T* FromDart(Dart_Handle handle) {
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/tests/BUILD.gn b/third_party/tonic/tests/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..359deb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/tonic/tests/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import("//flutter/testing/testing.gni")
+
+test_fixtures("tonic_fixtures") {
+  dart_main = "fixtures/tonic_test.dart"
+  fixtures = []
+}
+
+executable("tonic_unittests") {
+  testonly = true
+
+  public_configs = [ "//flutter:export_dynamic_symbols" ]
+
+  sources = [
+    "dart_state_unittest.cc",
+    "dart_weak_persistent_handle_unittest.cc",
+  ]
+
+  public_deps = [
+    ":tonic_fixtures",
+    "//flutter/runtime:libdart",
+    "//flutter/runtime:runtime",
+    "//flutter/testing",
+    "//flutter/testing:fixture_test",
+    "//third_party/dart/runtime:dart_api",
+    "//third_party/googletest:gtest",
+  ]
+
+  deps = [ "../:tonic" ]
+}
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/tests/dart_state_unittest.cc b/third_party/tonic/tests/dart_state_unittest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d053de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/tonic/tests/dart_state_unittest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "flutter/common/task_runners.h"
+#include "flutter/runtime/dart_vm_lifecycle.h"
+#include "flutter/runtime/isolate_configuration.h"
+#include "flutter/testing/fixture_test.h"
+
+namespace flutter {
+namespace testing {
+
+using DartState = FixtureTest;
+
+TEST_F(DartState, IsShuttingDown) {
+  ASSERT_FALSE(DartVMRef::IsInstanceRunning());
+  auto settings = CreateSettingsForFixture();
+  auto vm_ref = DartVMRef::Create(settings);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(vm_ref);
+  auto vm_data = vm_ref.GetVMData();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(vm_data);
+  TaskRunners task_runners(GetCurrentTestName(),    //
+                           GetCurrentTaskRunner(),  //
+                           GetCurrentTaskRunner(),  //
+                           GetCurrentTaskRunner(),  //
+                           GetCurrentTaskRunner()   //
+  );
+  auto isolate_configuration =
+      IsolateConfiguration::InferFromSettings(settings);
+  auto weak_isolate = DartIsolate::CreateRunningRootIsolate(
+      vm_data->GetSettings(),              // settings
+      vm_data->GetIsolateSnapshot(),       // isolate snapshot
+      std::move(task_runners),             // task runners
+      nullptr,                             // window
+      {},                                  // snapshot delegate
+      {},                                  // hint freed delegate
+      {},                                  // io manager
+      {},                                  // unref queue
+      {},                                  // image decoder
+      "main.dart",                         // advisory uri
+      "main",                              // advisory entrypoint
+      DartIsolate::Flags{},                // flags
+      settings.isolate_create_callback,    // isolate create callback
+      settings.isolate_shutdown_callback,  // isolate shutdown callback
+      "main",                              // dart entrypoint
+      std::nullopt,                        // dart entrypoint library
+      std::move(isolate_configuration)     // isolate configuration
+  );
+  auto root_isolate = weak_isolate.lock();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(root_isolate);
+
+  tonic::DartState* dart_state = root_isolate.get();
+  ASSERT_FALSE(dart_state->IsShuttingDown());
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(root_isolate->Shutdown());
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dart_state->IsShuttingDown());
+}
+
+}  // namespace testing
+}  // namespace flutter
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/tests/dart_weak_persistent_handle_unittest.cc b/third_party/tonic/tests/dart_weak_persistent_handle_unittest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65d5e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/tonic/tests/dart_weak_persistent_handle_unittest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "flutter/testing/dart_isolate_runner.h"
+#include "flutter/testing/fixture_test.h"
+
+namespace flutter {
+namespace testing {
+
+class DartWeakPersistentHandle : public FixtureTest {
+ public:
+  DartWeakPersistentHandle()
+      : settings_(CreateSettingsForFixture()),
+        vm_(DartVMRef::Create(settings_)) {}
+
+  ~DartWeakPersistentHandle() = default;
+
+  [[nodiscard]] bool RunWithEntrypoint(const std::string& entrypoint) {
+    if (running_isolate_) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    auto thread = CreateNewThread();
+    TaskRunners single_threaded_task_runner(GetCurrentTestName(), thread,
+                                            thread, thread, thread);
+    auto isolate =
+        RunDartCodeInIsolate(vm_, settings_, single_threaded_task_runner,
+                             entrypoint, {}, GetFixturesPath());
+    if (!isolate || isolate->get()->GetPhase() != DartIsolate::Phase::Running) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    running_isolate_ = std::move(isolate);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  [[nodiscard]] bool RunInIsolateScope(std::function<bool(void)> closure) {
+    return running_isolate_->RunInIsolateScope(closure);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  Settings settings_;
+  DartVMRef vm_;
+  std::unique_ptr<AutoIsolateShutdown> running_isolate_;
+  FML_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DartWeakPersistentHandle);
+};
+
+void NopFinalizer(void* isolate_callback_data, void* peer) {}
+
+TEST_F(DartWeakPersistentHandle, ClearImmediately) {
+  auto weak_persistent_value = tonic::DartWeakPersistentValue();
+
+  fml::AutoResetWaitableEvent event;
+
+  AddNativeCallback(
+      "GiveObjectToNative", CREATE_NATIVE_ENTRY([&](Dart_NativeArguments args) {
+        auto handle = Dart_GetNativeArgument(args, 0);
+
+        auto dart_state = tonic::DartState::Current();
+        ASSERT_TRUE(dart_state);
+        ASSERT_TRUE(tonic::DartState::Current());
+        weak_persistent_value.Set(dart_state, handle, nullptr, 0, NopFinalizer);
+
+        weak_persistent_value.Clear();
+
+        event.Signal();
+      }));
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(RunWithEntrypoint("callGiveObjectToNative"));
+
+  event.Wait();
+}
+
+TEST_F(DartWeakPersistentHandle, ClearLaterCc) {
+  auto weak_persistent_value = tonic::DartWeakPersistentValue();
+
+  fml::AutoResetWaitableEvent event;
+
+  AddNativeCallback(
+      "GiveObjectToNative", CREATE_NATIVE_ENTRY([&](Dart_NativeArguments args) {
+        auto handle = Dart_GetNativeArgument(args, 0);
+
+        auto dart_state = tonic::DartState::Current();
+        ASSERT_TRUE(dart_state);
+        ASSERT_TRUE(tonic::DartState::Current());
+        weak_persistent_value.Set(dart_state, handle, nullptr, 0, NopFinalizer);
+
+        // Do not clear handle immediately.
+
+        event.Signal();
+      }));
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(RunWithEntrypoint("callGiveObjectToNative"));
+
+  event.Wait();
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(RunInIsolateScope([&weak_persistent_value]() -> bool {
+    // Clear on initiative of native.
+    weak_persistent_value.Clear();
+    return true;
+  }));
+}
+
+TEST_F(DartWeakPersistentHandle, ClearLaterDart) {
+  auto weak_persistent_value = tonic::DartWeakPersistentValue();
+
+  fml::AutoResetWaitableEvent event;
+
+  AddNativeCallback(
+      "GiveObjectToNative", CREATE_NATIVE_ENTRY([&](Dart_NativeArguments args) {
+        auto handle = Dart_GetNativeArgument(args, 0);
+
+        auto dart_state = tonic::DartState::Current();
+        ASSERT_TRUE(dart_state);
+        ASSERT_TRUE(tonic::DartState::Current());
+        weak_persistent_value.Set(dart_state, handle, nullptr, 0, NopFinalizer);
+
+        // Do not clear handle immediately.
+      }));
+
+  AddNativeCallback("SignalDone",
+                    CREATE_NATIVE_ENTRY([&](Dart_NativeArguments args) {
+                      // Clear on initiative of Dart.
+                      weak_persistent_value.Clear();
+
+                      event.Signal();
+                    }));
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(RunWithEntrypoint("testClearLater"));
+
+  event.Wait();
+}
+
+// Handle outside the test body scope so it survives until isolate shutdown.
+tonic::DartWeakPersistentValue global_weak_persistent_value =
+    tonic::DartWeakPersistentValue();
+
+TEST_F(DartWeakPersistentHandle, ClearOnShutdown) {
+  fml::AutoResetWaitableEvent event;
+
+  AddNativeCallback("GiveObjectToNative",
+                    CREATE_NATIVE_ENTRY([&](Dart_NativeArguments args) {
+                      auto handle = Dart_GetNativeArgument(args, 0);
+
+                      auto dart_state = tonic::DartState::Current();
+                      ASSERT_TRUE(dart_state);
+                      ASSERT_TRUE(tonic::DartState::Current());
+
+                      // The test is repeated, ensure the global var is
+                      // cleared before use.
+                      global_weak_persistent_value.Clear();
+
+                      global_weak_persistent_value.Set(
+                          dart_state, handle, nullptr, 0, NopFinalizer);
+
+                      // Do not clear handle, so it is cleared on shutdown.
+
+                      event.Signal();
+                    }));
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(RunWithEntrypoint("callGiveObjectToNative"));
+
+  event.Wait();
+}
+
+}  // namespace testing
+}  // namespace flutter
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/tests/fixtures/tonic_test.dart b/third_party/tonic/tests/fixtures/tonic_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83e92d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/tonic/tests/fixtures/tonic_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+void main() {}
+
+class SomeClass {
+  int i;
+  SomeClass(this.i);
+}
+
+void giveObjectToNative(Object someObject) native 'GiveObjectToNative';
+
+void signalDone() native 'SignalDone';
+
+@pragma('vm:entry-point')
+void callGiveObjectToNative() {
+  giveObjectToNative(SomeClass(123));
+}
+
+@pragma('vm:entry-point')
+void testClearLater() {
+  giveObjectToNative(SomeClass(123));
+  signalDone();
+}
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/typed_data/dart_byte_data.cc b/third_party/tonic/typed_data/dart_byte_data.cc
index dc312de..cfb0739 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/typed_data/dart_byte_data.cc
+++ b/third_party/tonic/typed_data/dart_byte_data.cc
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 // with a buffer allocated outside the Dart heap.
 const int kExternalSizeThreshold = 1000;
 
-void FreeFinalizer(void* isolate_callback_data,
-                   Dart_WeakPersistentHandle handle,
-                   void* peer) {
+void FreeFinalizer(void* isolate_callback_data, void* peer) {
   free(peer);
 }