diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 870f836..fce25c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/electron-devtools-installer": "^2.0.2",
     "electron-forge": "^4.0.2",
-    "electron": "1.7.6",
+    "electron": "7.0.0",
     "electron-prebuilt-compile": "1.7.6",
     "tslint": "^5.7.0",
     "typescript": "^2.5.2"