diff --git a/.yarnrc b/.yarnrc
index c45abdbacad..98712ee2b43 100644
--- a/.yarnrc
+++ b/.yarnrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 disturl "https://atom.io/download/electron"
-target "4.2.7"
+target "4.2.9"
 runtime "electron"
diff --git a/cgmanifest.json b/cgmanifest.json
index 638303702ae..5ba2e166267 100644
--- a/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/cgmanifest.json
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "electron",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/electron/electron",
-					"commitHash": "36ea114ac0616e469e75ae94e6d53af48925e036"
+					"commitHash": "3d4d6454007f14fa9a5f0e1fa49206fb91b676cc"
 				}
 			},
 			"isOnlyProductionDependency": true,
 			"license": "MIT",
-			"version": "4.2.7"
+			"version": "4.2.9"
 		},
 		{
 			"component": {
diff --git a/src/typings/electron.d.ts b/src/typings/electron.d.ts
index 5be0ac0e3fe..cc80376a765 100644
--- a/src/typings/electron.d.ts
+++ b/src/typings/electron.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for Electron 4.2.7
+// Type definitions for Electron 4.2.9
 // 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 11b5662b207..19378e70a50 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": "4.2.7",
+    "electron": "4.2.9",
     "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 b86356d3ac3..3935a9baa4b 100644
--- a/test/smoke/yarn.lock
+++ b/test/smoke/yarn.lock
@@ -676,10 +676,10 @@ electron-download@^4.1.0:
     semver "^5.4.1"
     sumchecker "^2.0.2"
 
-electron@4.2.7:
-  version "4.2.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-4.2.7.tgz#bdd2dbf489a4a4255405bd8330cc8509831d29ba"
-  integrity sha512-Azpkw0OPzKVipSsN9/0DrBQhXOpG48Q1gTG7Akchtv37s8TijMe403TUgHxGGhw2ti117ek51kYf7NXLhjXqoA==
+electron@4.2.9:
+  version "4.2.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-4.2.9.tgz#81226aa1ba58e1b05388474faf5a815010a11ea2"
+  integrity sha512-zC7K3GOiZKmxqllVG/qq/Gx+qQvyolKj5xKKwXMqIGekfokEW2hvoIO5Yh7KCoAh5dqBtpzOJjS4fj1se+YBcg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "^10.12.18"
     electron-download "^4.1.0"