diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cde7198c..735eaf38 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "dotenv-expand": "^5.1.0",
-    "electron": "^9.4.0",
+    "electron": "^11.3.0",
     "electron-builder": "22.9.1",
     "electron-notarize": "1.0.0",
     "eslint": "^7.17.0",
diff --git a/public/electron.js b/public/electron.js
index ac071d25..ff732e1f 100644
--- a/public/electron.js
+++ b/public/electron.js
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ function createWindow(port = DEFAULT_PORT) {
     height: 768,
     webPreferences: {
       preload: path.join(__dirname, '../scripts/preload.js'),
-      allowRunningInsecureContent: true,
+      experimentalFeatures: true,
+      nodeIntegration: true,
+      // allowRunningInsecureContent: true,
       enableRemoteModule: true,
       nativeWindowOpen: true, // need to be set in order to display modal
     },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d92cbffd..4c0d54ba 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8545,10 +8545,10 @@ electron-updater@4.3.5:
     lodash.isequal "^4.5.0"
     semver "^7.3.2"
 
-electron@^9.4.0:
-  version "9.4.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-9.4.4.tgz#2a74a0655a74bd326216672c5ae6ed3a44451446"
-  integrity sha512-dcPlTrMWQu5xuSm6sYV42KK/BRIqh3erM8v/WtZqaDmG7pkCeJpvw26Dgbqhdt78XmqqGiN96giEe6A3S9vpAQ==
+electron@^11.3.0:
+  version "11.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-11.3.0.tgz#87e8528fd23ae53b0eeb3a738f1fe0a3ad27c2db"
+  integrity sha512-MhdS0gok3wZBTscLBbYrOhLaQybCSAfkupazbK1dMP5c+84eVMxJE/QGohiWQkzs0tVFIJsAHyN19YKPbelNrQ==
   dependencies:
     "@electron/get" "^1.0.1"
     "@types/node" "^12.0.12"