diff --git a/.compilerc b/.compilerc
index 7f540563e..850622d09 100644
--- a/.compilerc
+++ b/.compilerc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             "env",
             {
               "targets": {
-                "electron": "1.7.11"
+                "electron": "1.8.4"
               }
             }
           ],
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             "env",
             {
               "targets": {
-                "electron": "1.7.11"
+                "electron": "1.8.4"
               }
             }
           ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 26a502a44..a8f439c67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "file-extension": "^4.0.2",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "^0.4.13",
     "ipfs-stats": "^1.2.4",
-    "ipfsd-ctl": "^0.30.1",
+    "ipfsd-ctl": "^0.30.3",
     "is-ipfs": "^0.3.2",
     "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
     "moment": "^2.21.0",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "codecov": "^3.0.0",
     "cross-env": "^5.1.4",
     "electron-forge": "^5.1.1",
-    "electron-prebuilt-compile": "1.8.2",
+    "electron-prebuilt-compile": "1.8.3",
     "enzyme": "^3.3.0",
     "enzyme-adapter-react-16": "^1.1.1",
     "eslint": "^4",