diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-electron-app.yml b/.github/workflows/build-electron-app.yml
index 36891625..1fb34b59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-electron-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-electron-app.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   linux-win-docker-builder:
     timeout-minutes: 90
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "IS_BFX_API_STAGING=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
-        node-version: 16.20.0
+        node-version: 18.15.0
     - name: Cache Electron binaries
       id: electron-cache
       uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/Dockerfile.linux-builder b/Dockerfile.linux-builder
index 2ce7c4ad..63c6a8a4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.linux-builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.linux-builder
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM electronuserland/builder:16
+FROM electronuserland/builder:18
 
-ARG NODE_VERSION="16.20.0"
+ARG NODE_VERSION="18.15.0"
 
 ENV IS_BFX_API_STAGING=${IS_BFX_API_STAGING:-0}
 ENV IS_DEV_ENV=${IS_DEV_ENV:-0}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.mac-builder b/Dockerfile.mac-builder
index 8cb3d781..0e524f91 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.mac-builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.mac-builder
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM electronuserland/builder:16
+FROM electronuserland/builder:18
 
-ARG NODE_VERSION="16.20.0"
+ARG NODE_VERSION="18.15.0"
 
 ENV IS_BFX_API_STAGING=${IS_BFX_API_STAGING:-0}
 ENV IS_DEV_ENV=${IS_DEV_ENV:-0}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ui-builder b/Dockerfile.ui-builder
index 58a5e0d4..5f193211 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ui-builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.ui-builder
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM electronuserland/builder:16
+FROM electronuserland/builder:18
 
-ARG NODE_VERSION="16.20.0"
+ARG NODE_VERSION="18.17.1"
 
 ENV IS_BFX_API_STAGING=${IS_BFX_API_STAGING:-0}
 ENV IS_DEV_ENV=${IS_DEV_ENV:-0}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.win-builder b/Dockerfile.win-builder
index 7f4b0b79..7ca0c7fc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.win-builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.win-builder
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM electronuserland/builder:16-wine
+FROM electronuserland/builder:18-wine
 
-ARG NODE_VERSION="16.20.0"
+ARG NODE_VERSION="18.15.0"
 
 ENV IS_BFX_API_STAGING=${IS_BFX_API_STAGING:-0}
 ENV IS_DEV_ENV=${IS_DEV_ENV:-0}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb197f0b..19b70f6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Download the correspondent binary according your operating system. Available the
 
 ## Setup
 
-Functionality has been tested on `Ubuntu 20.04 LTS`
+Functionality has been tested on `Ubuntu 22.04 LTS`
 
 ### Main Structure
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To simplify setup/build/publish processes the following bash scripts are provide
 
 - `./scripts/setup.sh` - CLI as an easy way to get through the setup process. It will launch `./scripts/sync-repo.sh` script and then setup the development environment
 - `./scripts/sync-repo.sh` - CLI to fetch the last changes of the repository/sub-modules from the main remote repo
-- `./scripts/launch.sh` - CLI to launch docker-compose services to build releases and publish executable artifacts of the electron app with the last fetched changes
+- `./scripts/launch.sh` - CLI to launch Docker Compose services to build releases and publish executable artifacts of the electron app with the last fetched changes
 
 Additional bash scripts:
 
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ Additional bash scripts:
 
 The setup was tested with the following dependencies:
 
-- Docker version 20.10.12
-- docker-compose version 1.29.2
+- Docker version 24.0.6
+- Docker Compose version 2.21.0
 - git version 2.24.1
 
-To install `Docker`/`docker-compose` check the corresponding sections of the official docs:
+To install `Docker`/`Docker Compose` check the corresponding sections of the official docs:
 
 - [install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install)
-- [install docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install)
+- [install Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install) Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop
 - if you don’t want to preface the docker command with sudo, create a Unix group called docker and add users to it, [check the doc](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall)
 
 ### Setup electron app
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export IS_AUTO_UPDATE_BEING_TESTED=true
 
 For doing builds for other platforms please have [Multi Platform Build](https://www.electron.build/multi-platform-build) in consideration
 
-To launch docker-compose services to build releases and publish executable artifacts of the electron app available the `./scripts/launch.sh` bash script.
+To launch Docker Compose services to build releases and publish executable artifacts of the electron app available the `./scripts/launch.sh` bash script.
 Available the following arguments:
 
 ```console
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index d77f06bf..71f96c1b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
-
 services:
   ui-builder:
     container_name: ui-builder
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34ec6401..b466458a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "author": "bitfinex.com",
   "main": "index.js",
   "engine": {
-    "node": ">=14.16.0"
+    "node": ">=18.15.0"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "cron-validate": "1.4.3",
     "ed25519-supercop": "2.0.1",
     "electron-alert": "0.1.20",
-    "electron-log": "4.4.1",
+    "electron-log": "4.4.8",
     "electron-root-path": "1.0.16",
     "electron-updater": "5.3.0",
     "extract-zip": "2.0.1",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "1.0.6",
     "app-builder-bin": "4.1.0",
-    "electron": "21.3.3",
+    "electron": "25.8.1",
     "electron-builder": "23.6.0",
     "mocha": "10.2.0",
     "standard": "16.0.4"
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/install-backend-deps.sh b/scripts/helpers/install-backend-deps.sh
index 2e2c5dc6..6742d30d 100755
--- a/scripts/helpers/install-backend-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/helpers/install-backend-deps.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function installBackendDeps {
   cd "$ROOT"
   echo -e "\n${COLOR_BLUE}Installing the main dev deps...${COLOR_NORMAL}"
   rm -rf ./node_modules
-  npm i --development --no-audit --progress=false
+  npm i --development --no-audit --progress=false --force
   npm ls --depth=0 --only=dev 1<&-
 
   export npm_config_target_platform="$targetPlatform"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function installBackendDeps {
   export npm_config_disturl="$DIST_URL"
 
   echo -e "\n${COLOR_BLUE}Installing the main prod deps...${COLOR_NORMAL}"
-  npm i --production --include=dev --no-audit --progress=false
+  npm i --production --include=dev --no-audit --progress=false --force
   rm -rf "$ROOT/node_modules/ed25519-supercop/build"
   checkNodeModulesDir "$ROOT"
   depsErr=$(npm ls --depth=0 --only=prod 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -E -v "missing: eslint|--omit=dev" || [[ $? == 1 ]])
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/install-nodejs.sh b/scripts/helpers/install-nodejs.sh
index 47dddcc2..b4948797 100755
--- a/scripts/helpers/install-nodejs.sh
+++ b/scripts/helpers/install-nodejs.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ script as required NodeJS version!${COLOR_NORMAL}" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-version="${1:-"16.20.0"}"
+version="${1:-"18.15.0"}"
 
 echo -e "\n${COLOR_BLUE}Installing the NodeJS v$version...${COLOR_NORMAL}"
 
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ unlink /usr/local/CHANGELOG.md
 unlink /usr/local/LICENSE
 unlink /usr/local/README.md
 
-# https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/4531
-npm config set unsafe-perm true
-
 npm cache clear --force
-npm install --global node-gyp@9.1.0
-npm config set node_gyp $(npm prefix -g)/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js
+npm install --global node-gyp@9.4.0
 
 echo -e "\n${COLOR_GREEN}The NodeJS has been installed successful${COLOR_NORMAL}"
diff --git a/scripts/launch.sh b/scripts/launch.sh
index 7403b352..fb5e3151 100755
--- a/scripts/launch.sh
+++ b/scripts/launch.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ if [ $syncSubModules == 1 ]; then
   source "$ROOT/scripts/sync-repo.sh" "-wue"
 fi
 
-docker-compose up $composeCommonFlags $uiBuilderService \
+docker compose up $composeCommonFlags $uiBuilderService \
   $linuxBuilderService $winBuilderService $macBuilderService
 
 if [ $buildLinux == 1 ]; then
diff --git a/src/auto-updater/bfx.mac.updater.js b/src/auto-updater/bfx.mac.updater.js
index cb1390f2..0709539f 100644
--- a/src/auto-updater/bfx.mac.updater.js
+++ b/src/auto-updater/bfx.mac.updater.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')
+const fsPromises = require('fs/promises')
 const { spawn } = require('child_process')
 const { MacUpdater } = require('electron-updater')
 const extract = require('extract-zip')
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class BfxMacUpdater extends MacUpdater {
       const dist = path.join(root, '..')
       const exec = path.join(root, 'Contents/MacOS/Bitfinex Report')
 
-      await fs.promises.rmdir(root, { recursive: true })
+      await fsPromises.rm(root, { recursive: true })
 
       await extract(
         downloadedFilePath,
diff --git a/src/change-reports-folder.js b/src/change-reports-folder.js
index 30855c47..59f2f0d1 100644
--- a/src/change-reports-folder.js
+++ b/src/change-reports-folder.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const electron = require('electron')
+const { dialog, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
 
 const { CSV_PATH_VERSION } = require('./const')
 
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ const relaunch = require('./relaunch')
 const { getConfigsKeeperByName } = require('./configs-keeper')
 
 module.exports = ({ pathToUserDocuments }) => {
-  const dialog = electron.dialog || electron.remote.dialog
-
   return async () => {
-    const win = electron.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
+    const win = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
 
     try {
       const {
diff --git a/src/export-db.js b/src/export-db.js
index b099eba7..07aeefd5 100644
--- a/src/export-db.js
+++ b/src/export-db.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const path = require('path')
-const electron = require('electron')
+const { dialog, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
 
 const { InvalidFilePathError } = require('./errors')
 const { zip } = require('./archiver')
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ module.exports = ({
   pathToUserData,
   pathToUserDocuments
 }) => {
-  const dialog = electron.dialog || electron.remote.dialog
-
   const _timestamp = (new Date()).toISOString().split('.')[0]
   const timestamp = _timestamp.replace(/[:]/g, '-')
   const defaultPath = path.join(
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = ({
   const secretKeyPath = path.join(pathToUserData, SECRET_KEY_FILE_NAME)
 
   return async () => {
-    const win = electron.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
+    const win = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
 
     try {
       const {
diff --git a/src/helpers/manage-window.js b/src/helpers/manage-window.js
index f63a7a0d..9bb72617 100644
--- a/src/helpers/manage-window.js
+++ b/src/helpers/manage-window.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const electron = require('electron')
+const { screen } = require('electron')
 
 const hideWindow = (win, opts) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ const showWindow = (win, opts) => {
 }
 
 const centerWindow = (win, workArea) => {
-  const screen = electron.screen || electron.remote.screen
   const {
     getCursorScreenPoint,
     getDisplayNearestPoint
diff --git a/src/import-db.js b/src/import-db.js
index 6ce2e894..c41b09ca 100644
--- a/src/import-db.js
+++ b/src/import-db.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const electron = require('electron')
+const { dialog, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
 
 const {
   InvalidFilePathError,
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ module.exports = ({
   pathToUserData,
   pathToUserDocuments
 }) => {
-  const dialog = electron.dialog || electron.remote.dialog
-
   return async () => {
-    const win = electron.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
+    const win = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
 
     try {
       const {
diff --git a/src/relaunch.js b/src/relaunch.js
index e46561f0..e9531ea5 100644
--- a/src/relaunch.js
+++ b/src/relaunch.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 const electron = require('electron')
 
 module.exports = () => {
-  const app = electron.app || electron.remote.app
-
   const options = {
     args: process.argv.slice(1).concat(['--relaunch'])
   }
@@ -14,6 +12,6 @@ module.exports = () => {
     options.args.unshift('--appimage-extract-and-run')
   }
 
-  app.relaunch(options)
-  app.exit(0)
+  electron.app.relaunch(options)
+  electron.app.exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/src/show-message-modal-dialog.js b/src/show-message-modal-dialog.js
index 2529f1a0..7e691fb1 100644
--- a/src/show-message-modal-dialog.js
+++ b/src/show-message-modal-dialog.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const electron = require('electron')
+const { dialog, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
 
 module.exports = async (win, opts = {}) => {
-  const dialog = electron.dialog || electron.remote.dialog
   const _win = win && typeof win === 'object'
     ? win
-    : electron.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
+    : BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
 
   const {
     response: btnId,
diff --git a/src/window-creators.js b/src/window-creators.js
index 2e620aba..461eb16f 100644
--- a/src/window-creators.js
+++ b/src/window-creators.js
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ const _createWindow = async (
   }
 
   if (!pathname) {
-    await createLoadingWindow()
+    const props = await createLoadingWindow()
+    props.win.setAlwaysOnTop(true)
 
     return res
   }
diff --git a/src/window-state-keeper.js b/src/window-state-keeper.js
index 557588d8..73bd1e78 100644
--- a/src/window-state-keeper.js
+++ b/src/window-state-keeper.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const electron = require('electron')
+const { screen } = require('electron')
 
 const { getConfigsKeeperByName } = require('./configs-keeper')
 
 module.exports = (options) => {
-  const screen = electron.screen || electron.remote.screen
-
   let state = null
   let winRef = null
   let stateChangeTimer = null
@@ -33,8 +31,8 @@ module.exports = (options) => {
   }
 
   const resetStateToDefault = () => {
-    const point = electron.screen.getCursorScreenPoint()
-    const displayBounds = electron.screen.getDisplayNearestPoint(point)
+    const point = screen.getCursorScreenPoint()
+    const displayBounds = screen.getDisplayNearestPoint(point)
 
     state = {
       width: config.defaultWidth || 800,
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = (options) => {
     const {
       maxWidth,
       maxHeight
-    } = electron.screen.getAllDisplays().reduce((
+    } = screen.getAllDisplays().reduce((
       { maxWidth, maxHeight },
       { workAreaSize: { width, height } }
     ) => {