diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5aac69837a..7e0b015c8a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "coffeestack": "^1.1",
     "color": "^0.7.3",
     "debug": "2.4.5",
-    "electron": "1.4.12",
+    "electron": "27.3.10",
     "electron-spellchecker": "0.2.15",
     "emissary": "^1.3.1",
     "emoji-data": "^0.2.0",