diff --git a/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/todo/BUILD.bazel b/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/todo/BUILD.bazel
index c2f93d37ae..907933a699 100644
--- a/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/todo/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/todo/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ example_test(
     name = "todo",
     srcs = glob(["**/*.ts"]),
     server = "//modules/playground/src/web_workers/todo:devserver",
-    tags = ["fixme-ivy-aot"],
 )
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index 2391924bb9..97dca5db87 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -1217,6 +1217,8 @@ function validateAgainstUnknownProperties(
     element: RElement | RComment, propName: string, tNode: TNode) {
   // If prop is not a known property of the HTML element...
   if (!(propName in element) &&
+      // and we are in a browser context... (web worker nodes should be skipped)
+      typeof Node === 'function' && element instanceof Node &&
       // and isn't a synthetic animation property...
       propName[0] !== ANIMATION_PROP_PREFIX) {
     // ... it is probably a user error and we should throw.