diff --git a/examples/electron/package.json b/examples/electron/package.json
index cc547f09b..57deb2d98 100644
--- a/examples/electron/package.json
+++ b/examples/electron/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "devDependencies": {
-    "electron": "1.4.13",
+    "electron": "39.8.4",
     "file-url": "^1.1.0",
     "qunitjs": "^1.20.0",
     "tmp": "0.0.31"