diff --git a/.yarnrc b/.yarnrc
index fe7090fa356..692f8799451 100644
--- a/.yarnrc
+++ b/.yarnrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 disturl "https://atom.io/download/electron"
-target "3.1.3"
+target "3.1.6"
 runtime "electron"
diff --git a/cgmanifest.json b/cgmanifest.json
index 21d78500903..afaebd61771 100644
--- a/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/cgmanifest.json
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "electron",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/electron/electron",
-					"commitHash": "72ff292302f95bfe5b4e02085a7be56254b42b0e"
+					"commitHash": "73158a6419a3e2da9e4d523e1131052abd28fbbb"
 				}
 			},
 			"isOnlyProductionDependency": true,
 			"license": "MIT",
-			"version": "3.1.3"
+			"version": "3.1.6"
 		},
 		{
 			"component": {
diff --git a/src/typings/electron.d.ts b/src/typings/electron.d.ts
index 50fb0d3e4f4..f680249a66f 100644
--- a/src/typings/electron.d.ts
+++ b/src/typings/electron.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for Electron 3.1.3
+// Type definitions for Electron 3.1.6
 // Project: http://electronjs.org/
 // Definitions by: The Electron Team <https://github.com/electron/electron>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/electron/electron-typescript-definitions
diff --git a/test/smoke/package.json b/test/smoke/package.json
index 80351281340..bef1e5f59d5 100644
--- a/test/smoke/package.json
+++ b/test/smoke/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "@types/webdriverio": "4.6.1",
     "concurrently": "^3.5.1",
     "cpx": "^1.5.0",
-    "electron": "3.1.3",
+    "electron": "3.1.6",
     "htmlparser2": "^3.9.2",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/test/smoke/yarn.lock b/test/smoke/yarn.lock
index d1e614c487a..d90dbd6007a 100644
--- a/test/smoke/yarn.lock
+++ b/test/smoke/yarn.lock
@@ -596,10 +596,10 @@ electron-download@^4.1.0:
     semver "^5.4.1"
     sumchecker "^2.0.2"
 
-electron@3.1.3:
-  version "3.1.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-3.1.3.tgz#848fa0fc62d131978cde15ec04ce195a08dc4155"
-  integrity sha512-Y1TbV5py2O0br0JVYh+ew1cW4cIOOgRNRMzwTwWuZNMZ9fK/XLlqsbZr1GpYHdiN2yIU1koO+g4Cw8VuW86NXQ==
+electron@3.1.6:
+  version "3.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-3.1.6.tgz#f6222e1964838b31c5806dd041b1b58a941998f6"
+  integrity sha512-elEKKlFMnR0bhR/Uttk0TI496ZadxYsecyKgj2tZgrWx/F/anzfxbEYNcv134vT+qMFC/BXvoaeaIIj2YYdVuA==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "^8.0.24"
     electron-download "^4.1.0"