diff --git a/packages/eventual-send/shim.js b/packages/eventual-send/shim.js
index 93ad06d1c57..f9dd69eb449 100644
--- a/packages/eventual-send/shim.js
+++ b/packages/eventual-send/shim.js
@@ -1,2 +1,14 @@
+/* global globalThis */
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/prefer-default-export
-export { HandledPromise } from './src/index';
+import { makeHandledPromise } from './src/index';
+
+// 'E' and 'HandledPromise' are exports of the module
+
+// For now:
+// import { HandledPromise, E } from '@agoric/eventual-send';
+// ...
+
+if (typeof HandledPromise === 'undefined') {
+  globalThis.HandledPromise = makeHandledPromise(Promise);
+}
diff --git a/packages/eventual-send/src/index.js b/packages/eventual-send/src/index.js
index 195171f5f00..3f8bd754470 100644
--- a/packages/eventual-send/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/eventual-send/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-/* global harden HandledPromise */
-
-import makeE from './E';
+/* global harden */
 
 const {
   defineProperties,
@@ -13,21 +11,6 @@ const {
 const { prototype: promiseProto } = Promise;
 const { then: originalThen } = promiseProto;
 
-// 'E' and 'HandledPromise' are exports of the module
-
-// For now:
-// import { HandledPromise, E } from '@agoric/eventual-send';
-// ...
-
-const hp =
-  typeof HandledPromise === 'undefined'
-    ? // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
-      makeHandledPromise(Promise)
-    : HandledPromise;
-
-// Provide our exports.
-export { hp as HandledPromise };
-
 // the following method (makeHandledPromise) is part
 // of the shim, and will not be exported by the module once the feature
 // becomes a part of standard javascript
@@ -44,6 +27,7 @@ export { hp as HandledPromise };
  *
  * @return {typeof HandledPromise} Handled promise
  */
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/prefer-default-export
 export function makeHandledPromise(Promise) {
   // xs doesn't support WeakMap in pre-loaded closures
   // aka "vetted customization code"
@@ -111,7 +95,7 @@ export function makeHandledPromise(Promise) {
   // handled Promises to their corresponding fulfilledHandler.
   let forwardingHandler;
   let handle;
-  let promiseResolve;
+  const promiseResolve = Promise.resolve.bind(Promise);
 
   function HandledPromise(executor, unsettledHandler = undefined) {
     if (new.target === undefined) {
@@ -456,6 +440,8 @@ export function makeHandledPromise(Promise) {
     return returnedP;
   };
 
-  promiseResolve = Promise.resolve.bind(Promise);
+  // We cannot harden(HandledPromise) because we're a vetted shim which
+  // runs before lockdown() allows harden to function.  In that case,
+  // though, globalThis.HandledPromise will be hardened after lockdown.
   return HandledPromise;
 }
diff --git a/packages/import-bundle/package.json b/packages/import-bundle/package.json
index deeaea9dee2..e6c7673dd34 100644
--- a/packages/import-bundle/package.json
+++ b/packages/import-bundle/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "tap": "^14.10.5"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "ses": "^0.10.0"
+    "ses": "^0.10.1"
   },
   "files": [
     "README.md",
@@ -74,5 +74,8 @@
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "ses": "^0.10.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/install-ses/package.json b/packages/install-ses/package.json
index c8f2f20c99c..105ae25dff3 100644
--- a/packages/install-ses/package.json
+++ b/packages/install-ses/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@agoric/eventual-send": "^0.9.3",
-    "ses": "^0.10.0"
+    "ses": "^0.10.1"
   },
   "files": [
     "src/**/*.js"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 208aebe0892..10dcb27bbfc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8661,6 +8661,15 @@ ses@^0.10.0:
     "@agoric/make-hardener" "^0.1.0"
     "@agoric/transform-module" "^0.3.0"
 
+ses@^0.10.1:
+  version "0.10.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ses/-/ses-0.10.1.tgz#7506ce0e48e98a518fde20604072b523228b9441"
+  integrity sha512-OqYfhG7naLai6fuIMa3mbIW7lImdrFC0IqzkokPp+1SvwXfjr4r4U4jYkUjJQTB3NUnq2sLEbJ+1wBO5tdGwAQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@agoric/babel-standalone" "^7.9.5"
+    "@agoric/make-hardener" "^0.1.0"
+    "@agoric/transform-module" "^0.3.0"
+
 set-blocking@^2.0.0, set-blocking@~2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/set-blocking/-/set-blocking-2.0.0.tgz#045f9782d011ae9a6803ddd382b24392b3d890f7"