diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ecd9247..fa7a061 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.8",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.16.0",
-    "electron": "^1.4.4",
+    "electron": "^1.8.8",
     "electron-builder": "^8.6.0",
     "eslint": "^3.10.2",
     "flow-bin": "0.36",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4e75b27..256943b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
     "7zip-bin-mac" "^1.0.1"
     "7zip-bin-win" "^2.0.2"
 
+"@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"
@@ -1568,10 +1572,11 @@ electron-macos-sign@1.0.1:
     plist "^2.0.1"
     tempfile "^1.1.1"
 
-electron@^1.4.4:
-  version "1.4.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-1.4.8.tgz#5ac8cfa465f9ff4957a8da9974fa7c460c89d918"
+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"