diff --git a/lib/gui/etcher.js b/lib/gui/etcher.js
index db2350e8..c02fd6f5 100644
--- a/lib/gui/etcher.js
+++ b/lib/gui/etcher.js
@@ -86,16 +86,6 @@ const createMainWindow = () => {
     mainWindow.show()
   })
 
-  // Prevent the user from being allowed to zoom-in the application.
-  //
-  // This function should be called on the renderer process. We use
-  // `executeJavaScript()` rather than moving this to a file in the
-  // renderer process for convenience, since we have all other
-  // electron desktop experience fixes in this file.
-  //
-  // See https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/3609
-  mainWindow.webContents.executeJavaScript('require(\'electron\').webFrame.setVisualZoomLevelLimits(1, 1);')
-
   // Prevent external resources from being loaded (like images)
   // when dropping them on the WebView.
   // See https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/5919
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 2f455c8d..a5ccf18d 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -4174,20 +4174,20 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "electron": {
-      "version": "3.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron/-/electron-3.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Y1TbV5py2O0br0JVYh+ew1cW4cIOOgRNRMzwTwWuZNMZ9fK/XLlqsbZr1GpYHdiN2yIU1koO+g4Cw8VuW86NXQ==",
+      "version": "4.1.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron/-/electron-4.1.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0VZzUd4vZaUeSLdxJI/XMrMnPN7AROjPFZOiNgZZkYRUUEjGHfaSAbCJyxuXtii52KGhzGL0JgW0q5QmQ3ykKQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "@types/node": "^8.0.24",
+        "@types/node": "^10.12.18",
         "electron-download": "^4.1.0",
         "extract-zip": "^1.0.3"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/node": {
-          "version": "8.10.40",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-8.10.40.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-RRSjdwz63kS4u7edIwJUn8NqKLLQ6LyqF/X4+4jp38MBT3Vwetewi2N4dgJEshLbDwNgOJXNYoOwzVZUSSLhkQ==",
+          "version": "10.14.5",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-10.14.5.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Ja7d4s0qyGFxjGeDq5S7Si25OFibSAHUi6i17UWnwNnpitADN7hah9q0Tl25gxuV5R1u2Bx+np6w4LHXfHyj/g==",
           "dev": true
         }
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 08b3bd04..9e252da3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "angular-mocks": "1.7.6",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.4",
     "chalk": "^1.1.3",
-    "electron": "3.1.3",
+    "electron": "4.1.5",
     "electron-builder": "^20.40.2",
     "electron-mocha": "^6.0.4",
     "eslint": "^4.17.0",
diff --git a/patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch b/patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
index 0449f32b..214e16c4 100644
--- a/patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
+++ b/patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 +            // TODO PR something to electron to pass in the version number for forks
 +            // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/9058
 +            try { electron_version = require('electron/package.json').version; }
-+            catch (_) { electron_version = '3.1.3'; }
++            catch (_) { electron_version = '4.1.5'; }
 +        }
 +        return get_electron_abi(runtime, electron_version);
      } else {