diff --git a/.changes/webview-navigate-borrow-self.md b/.changes/webview-navigate-borrow-self.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f80cf726e34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/webview-navigate-borrow-self.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'tauri': 'minor:bug'
+---
+
+`Webview::navigate` and `WebviewWindow::navigate` borrows `&self` instead of unnecessarily borrowing `&mut self`.
diff --git a/crates/tauri/src/webview/mod.rs b/crates/tauri/src/webview/mod.rs
index 7e8b1f8d262d..5d1e8c875714 100644
--- a/crates/tauri/src/webview/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri/src/webview/mod.rs
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ fn main() {
   }
 
   /// Navigates the webview to the defined url.
-  pub fn navigate(&mut self, url: Url) -> crate::Result<()> {
+  pub fn navigate(&self, url: Url) -> crate::Result<()> {
     self.webview.dispatcher.navigate(url).map_err(Into::into)
   }
 
diff --git a/crates/tauri/src/webview/webview_window.rs b/crates/tauri/src/webview/webview_window.rs
index 8a2dda4eaef1..22a1e0b74ca0 100644
--- a/crates/tauri/src/webview/webview_window.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri/src/webview/webview_window.rs
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ impl<R: Runtime> WebviewWindow<R> {
   }
 
   /// Navigates the webview to the defined url.
-  pub fn navigate(&mut self, url: Url) -> crate::Result<()> {
+  pub fn navigate(&self, url: Url) -> crate::Result<()> {
     self.webview.navigate(url)
   }