diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5197137..7948c3a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^6.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^0.26.1",
-    "electron": "^1.4.15",
+    "electron": "^1.8.8",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "beta",
     "inferno-server": "^1.3.1",
     "inferno-test-utils": "^1.2.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2bc45f3..bcda6ed 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
+"@types/node@^8.0.24":
+  version "8.10.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-8.10.54.tgz#1c88eb253ac1210f1a5876953fb70f7cc4928402"
+
 abbrev@1:
   version "1.0.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.0.9.tgz#91b4792588a7738c25f35dd6f63752a2f8776135"
@@ -1636,10 +1640,11 @@ electron-to-chromium@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.2.1.tgz#63ac7579a1c5bedb296c8607621f2efc9a54b968"
 
-electron@^1.4.15:
-  version "1.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-1.5.0.tgz#d783d5ca8c89fd781b04c6ca75652c55bbdb80d5"
+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"