diff --git a/examples/run-in-electron/package.json b/examples/run-in-electron/package.json
index e56aca9f..916b02b1 100644
--- a/examples/run-in-electron/package.json
+++ b/examples/run-in-electron/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "ipfs-core": "^0.16.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "electron": "^20.1.1",
+    "electron": "^23.1.1",
     "electron-rebuild": "^3.1.1",
     "test-util-ipfs-example": "^1.0.2",
     "xvfb-maybe": "^0.2.1"