diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a0a853..9a091c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
     "coveralls": "2.11.15",
     "css-loader": "0.26.1",
     "devtron": "^1.4.0",
-    "electron": "1.4.15",
+    "electron": "1.8.8",
     "electron-builder": "^17.3.1",
     "electron-debug": "^1.1.0",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e9e2edb..7b8f0d3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/7zip/-/7zip-0.0.6.tgz#9cafb171af82329490353b4816f03347aa150a30"
 
+"@types/node@^8.0.24":
+  version "8.10.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-8.10.54.tgz#1c88eb253ac1210f1a5876953fb70f7cc4928402"
+
 abab@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abab/-/abab-1.0.3.tgz#b81de5f7274ec4e756d797cd834f303642724e5d"
@@ -2629,10 +2633,11 @@ electron-publish@17.2.0:
     fs-extra-p "^4.1.0"
     mime "^1.3.4"
 
-electron@1.4.15:
-  version "1.4.15"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-1.4.15.tgz#eaccafe3f55ade02a746b706ac14b43db6c7ccf8"
+electron@1.8.8:
+  version "1.8.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-1.8.8.tgz#a90cddb075291f49576993e6f5c8bb4439301cae"
   dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "^8.0.24"
     electron-download "^3.0.1"
     extract-zip "^1.0.3"