diff --git a/desktop_files/package-lock.json b/desktop_files/package-lock.json
index 48eb33d869..8cca84ae25 100644
--- a/desktop_files/package-lock.json
+++ b/desktop_files/package-lock.json
@@ -11557,7 +11557,7 @@
       }
     },
     "react-native": {
-      "version": "git+https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop.git#67a4c72a9353ebd589492f08218b218bc020997a",
+      "version": "git+https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop.git#master",
       "requires": {
         "absolute-path": "0.0.0",
         "art": "0.10.3",
@@ -12087,7 +12087,7 @@
           "dependencies": {
             "file-type": {
               "version": "3.9.0",
-              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-type/-/file-type-3.9.0.tgz",
+              "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/file-type/-/file-type-3.9.0.tgz",
               "integrity": "sha1-JXoHg4TR24CHvESdEH1SpSZyuek="
             }
           }
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/react-native-status/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b9aacf243..aa53ca09d2 100755
--- a/modules/react-native-status/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ else()
   set(CONFIGURE_SCRIPT build-status-go.sh)
 endif()
 
+file (STRINGS "../../../STATUS_GO_VERSION" STATUS_GO_VERSION)
+
 ExternalProject_Add(StatusGo_ep
   PREFIX ${StatusGo_PREFIX}
   SOURCE_DIR ${StatusGo_SOURCE_DIR}
-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/status-im/status-go.git
-  GIT_TAG c86f8bf6ca35280e7041674f76a2ef1fe333e482
-
+  URL https://github.com/status-im/status-go/archive/v${STATUS_GO_VERSION}.zip
   BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${StatusGo_STATIC_LIB}
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${CONFIGURE_SCRIPT} ${GO_ROOT_PATH} ${StatusGo_ROOT} ${StatusGo_SOURCE_DIR}
   BUILD_COMMAND ""