diff --git a/electron/main-window.ts b/electron/main-window.ts
index 42135796e3..79e087887f 100644
--- a/electron/main-window.ts
+++ b/electron/main-window.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ export const createWindow = ({
       scrollBounce: true,
       webSecurity: !IS_DEV,
       nodeIntegration: true,
+      // NOTE: will be deprecated with v10
+      enableRemoteModule: true
     },
     icon: ICONS_FOLDER + '/icon_256x256.png'
   });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 024a8f37b6..e47b96d39a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     "conventional-changelog-cli": "^2.0.21",
     "core-js": "^3.1.3",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.2",
-    "electron": "^9.1.1",
+    "electron": "^10.1.0",
     "electron-builder": "^22.7.0",
     "electron-notarize": "^1.0.0",
     "electron-reload": "^1.2.5",
diff --git a/src/app/core/electron/electron.service.ts b/src/app/core/electron/electron.service.ts
index 5fcbed3ccd..543ed0fcc5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/electron/electron.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/electron/electron.service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 // the resulting javascript file will look as if you never imported the module at all.
 import { ipcRenderer, remote, shell, webFrame } from 'electron';
 import { IS_ELECTRON } from '../../app.constants';
+import { getElectron } from '../../util/get-electron';
+import * as ElectronRenderer from 'electron/renderer';
 
 @Injectable({providedIn: 'root'})
 export class ElectronService {
@@ -16,11 +18,12 @@ export class ElectronService {
   constructor() {
     // Conditional imports
     if (IS_ELECTRON) {
-      const electron = window.require('electron');
+      const electron = getElectron() as typeof ElectronRenderer;
       this.ipcRenderer = electron.ipcRenderer;
       this.webFrame = electron.webFrame;
       this.remote = electron.remote;
-      this.shell = electron.shell;
+      // NOTE: works for non-sandboxed electron only
+      this.shell = (electron as any).shell;
     }
 
     // NOTE: useful in case we want to disable the node integration
diff --git a/src/app/features/config/form-cfgs/automatic-backups-form.const.ts b/src/app/features/config/form-cfgs/automatic-backups-form.const.ts
index 1bd79ed38d..039850ccdc 100644
--- a/src/app/features/config/form-cfgs/automatic-backups-form.const.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/config/form-cfgs/automatic-backups-form.const.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { ConfigFormSection, LocalBackupConfig } from '../global-config.model';
 import { T } from '../../../t.const';
 import { getElectron } from '../../../util/get-electron';
 import { IS_ELECTRON } from '../../../app.constants';
+import * as ElectronRenderer from 'electron/renderer';
 
-const backupPath = IS_ELECTRON && `${(getElectron() as Electron.RendererInterface).remote.app.getPath('userData')}/backups`;
+const backupPath = IS_ELECTRON && `${(getElectron() as typeof ElectronRenderer).remote.app.getPath('userData')}/backups`;
 
 export const AUTOMATIC_BACKUPS_FORM: ConfigFormSection<LocalBackupConfig> = {
   isElectronOnly: true,
diff --git a/src/app/util/get-electron.ts b/src/app/util/get-electron.ts
index 93af57fe75..114cf4c4ad 100644
--- a/src/app/util/get-electron.ts
+++ b/src/app/util/get-electron.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import * as ElectronRenderer from 'electron/renderer';
+
 let _electron: any = null;
-export const getElectron = (): Electron.RendererInterface | null => {
+export const getElectron = (): typeof ElectronRenderer | null => {
   // tslint:disable-next-line
   if (window['require']) {
     _electron = window.require('electron');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 958b18a4b6..49ff3a0f11 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4543,10 +4543,10 @@ electron-window-state@^5.0.3:
     jsonfile "^4.0.0"
     mkdirp "^0.5.1"
 
-electron@^9.1.1:
-  version "9.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-9.1.1.tgz#d52c9873be4113287c3eb2b02f85bad6644b100e"
-  integrity sha512-BYvroBLV9x7G4iN33P/IxeZqwjl62/9VuBAF1CoM0m6OeheaiLog1ZMKLlCqVXycJvvrAvLHc454DDEmwnqqhA==
+electron@^10.1.0:
+  version "10.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-10.1.0.tgz#3559182545dc76e20d9764d183d555415d55c250"
+  integrity sha512-DyS6WhQ59+ZXQsI1EkpsYkOXFt0Xbp+mbxPTJS9A7O21r3JDzaTC+1Jxz7g6J+Sbi9Y7UFdRs0tn/vqhHJx2gA==
   dependencies:
     "@electron/get" "^1.0.1"
     "@types/node" "^12.0.12"