diff --git a/electron/createWindow.js b/electron/createWindow.js
index 399c8ac82..042fae9b1 100644
--- a/electron/createWindow.js
+++ b/electron/createWindow.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { WEBPACK_ELECTRON_PORT } from 'config';
-import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, screen, nativeImage } from 'electron';
+import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, shell, screen, nativeImage } from 'electron';
 import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
 import windowStateKeeper from 'electron-window-state';
 import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from 'constants/supported_languages';
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { TO_TRAY_WHEN_CLOSED } from 'constants/settings';
 
 import setupBarMenu from './menu/setupBarMenu';
 import * as PAGES from 'constants/pages';
-const remote = require('@electron/remote/main');
+
 function GetAppLangCode() {
   // https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/locales
   // 1. Gets the user locale.
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export default appState => {
       webSecurity: !isDev,
       plugins: true,
       nodeIntegration: true,
-      contextIsolation: false,
       enableRemoteModule: true, // see about removing this
     },
   };
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ export default appState => {
   const rendererURL = isDev ? `http://localhost:${WEBPACK_ELECTRON_PORT}` : `file://${__dirname}/index.html`;
 
   let window = new BrowserWindow(windowConfiguration);
-  remote.enable(window.webContents);
 
   // Let us register listeners on the window, so we can update the state
   // automatically (the listeners will be removed when the window is closed)
@@ -189,8 +187,9 @@ export default appState => {
     window = null;
   });
 
-  window.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler((details) => {
-    return { action: 'deny' };
+  window.webContents.on('new-window', (event, url) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    shell.openExternal(url);
   });
 
   window.webContents.on('update-target-url', (event, url) => {
diff --git a/electron/index.js b/electron/index.js
index a40822e4e..b73653280 100644
--- a/electron/index.js
+++ b/electron/index.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import installDevtools from './installDevtools';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 const { download } = require('electron-dl');
-const remote = require('@electron/remote/main');
-remote.initialize();
 const filePath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'static', 'upgradeDisabled');
 let upgradeDisabled;
 try {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bdb1791bc..63ad2964b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "postinstall:warning": "echo '\n\nWARNING\n\nNot all node modules were installed because NODE_ENV is set to \"production\".\nThis should only be set after installing dependencies with \"yarn\". The app will not work.\n\n'"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@electron/remote": "^2.0.1",
     "@ungap/from-entries": "^0.2.1",
     "auto-launch": "^5.0.5",
     "electron-dl": "^3.2.0",
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@
     "dom-scroll-into-view": "^1.2.1",
     "dotenv-defaults": "^2.0.1",
     "dotenv-webpack": "^1.8.0",
-    "electron": "15.3.2",
+    "electron": "11.5.0",
     "electron-builder": "^22.9.1",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.1.1",
     "electron-is-dev": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/ui/component/common/file-selector.jsx b/ui/component/common/file-selector.jsx
index 38dd92102..9e428986a 100644
--- a/ui/component/common/file-selector.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/common/file-selector.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { remote } from 'electron';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class FileSelector extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   };
 
   handleDirectoryInputSelection = () => {
-    remote.dialog.showOpenDialog({ properties: ['openDirectory'] }).then((result) => {
+    remote.dialog.showOpenDialog({ properties: ['openDirectory'] }).then(result => {
       const path = result && result.filePaths[0];
       if (path) {
         // $FlowFixMe
diff --git a/ui/component/fileRender/view.jsx b/ui/component/fileRender/view.jsx
index 0ffe92027..b99529fb3 100644
--- a/ui/component/fileRender/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/fileRender/view.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { remote } from 'electron';
 import React from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import * as RENDER_MODES from 'constants/file_render_modes';
diff --git a/ui/component/header/view.jsx b/ui/component/header/view.jsx
index ecba80983..39bf6790f 100644
--- a/ui/component/header/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/header/view.jsx
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import NotificationHeaderButton from 'component/notificationHeaderButton';
 import ChannelThumbnail from 'component/channelThumbnail';
 import SkipNavigationButton from 'component/skipNavigationButton';
 import Logo from 'component/logo';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+// @if TARGET='app'
+import { remote } from 'electron';
 import { IS_MAC } from 'component/app/view';
+// @endif
 
 type Props = {
   user: ?User,
diff --git a/ui/component/walletBackup/view.jsx b/ui/component/walletBackup/view.jsx
index 22df3bffc..3592cbdfb 100644
--- a/ui/component/walletBackup/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/walletBackup/view.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { shell } from 'electron';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { shell, remote } from 'electron';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import CopyableText from 'component/copyableText';
 import AdmZip from 'adm-zip';
diff --git a/ui/index.jsx b/ui/index.jsx
index c46e2f8e1..0f88a4900 100644
--- a/ui/index.jsx
+++ b/ui/index.jsx
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import SnackBar from 'component/snackBar';
 import SplashScreen from 'component/splash';
 import * as ACTIONS from 'constants/action_types';
 import { changeZoomFactor } from 'util/zoomWindow';
-import { ipcRenderer, shell } from 'electron';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { ipcRenderer, remote, shell } from 'electron';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import * as MODALS from 'constants/modal_types';
 import React, { Fragment, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
diff --git a/ui/redux/actions/app.js b/ui/redux/actions/app.js
index 098aea012..3420c9b69 100644
--- a/ui/redux/actions/app.js
+++ b/ui/redux/actions/app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
-import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { ipcRenderer, remote } from 'electron';
 import * as ACTIONS from 'constants/action_types';
 import * as MODALS from 'constants/modal_types';
 import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
diff --git a/ui/redux/reducers/app.js b/ui/redux/reducers/app.js
index 66bb53ed6..4772ebb2d 100644
--- a/ui/redux/reducers/app.js
+++ b/ui/redux/reducers/app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as ACTIONS from 'constants/action_types';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { remote } from 'electron';
 
 // @if TARGET='app'
 const win = remote.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow();
diff --git a/ui/util/context-menu.js b/ui/util/context-menu.js
index be2ea4a1a..7d047af65 100644
--- a/ui/util/context-menu.js
+++ b/ui/util/context-menu.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { clipboard, shell } from 'electron';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { clipboard, remote, shell } from 'electron';
 import { convertToShareLink } from 'util/lbryURI';
 const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 43e0aa2a6..aa0e13b66 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1270,27 +1270,22 @@
     ajv "^6.12.0"
     ajv-keywords "^3.4.1"
 
-"@electron/get@^1.13.0":
-  version "1.13.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@electron/get/-/get-1.13.1.tgz#42a0aa62fd1189638bd966e23effaebb16108368"
-  integrity sha512-U5vkXDZ9DwXtkPqlB45tfYnnYBN8PePp1z/XDCupnSpdrxT8/ThCv9WCwPLf9oqiSGZTkH6dx2jDUPuoXpjkcA==
+"@electron/get@^1.0.1":
+  version "1.12.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@electron/get/-/get-1.12.2.tgz#6442066afb99be08cefb9a281e4b4692b33764f3"
+  integrity sha512-vAuHUbfvBQpYTJ5wB7uVIDq5c/Ry0fiTBMs7lnEYAo/qXXppIVcWdfBr57u6eRnKdVso7KSiH6p/LbQAG6Izrg==
   dependencies:
     debug "^4.1.1"
     env-paths "^2.2.0"
     fs-extra "^8.1.0"
     got "^9.6.0"
     progress "^2.0.3"
-    semver "^6.2.0"
+    sanitize-filename "^1.6.2"
     sumchecker "^3.0.1"
   optionalDependencies:
-    global-agent "^3.0.0"
+    global-agent "^2.0.2"
     global-tunnel-ng "^2.7.1"
 
-"@electron/remote@^2.0.1":
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@electron/remote/-/remote-2.0.1.tgz#810cbc595a21f0f94641eb2d7e8264063a3f84de"
-  integrity sha512-bGX4/yB2bPZwXm1DsxgoABgH0Cz7oFtXJgkerB8VrStYdTyvhGAULzNLRn9rVmeAuC3VUDXaXpZIlZAZHpsLIA==
-
 "@exponent/electron-cookies@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@exponent/electron-cookies/-/electron-cookies-2.0.0.tgz#4cf8dcf851454036cc524c40e9e482fc4e23f2d9"
@@ -1774,10 +1769,10 @@
   version "13.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-13.9.0.tgz#5b6ee7a77faacddd7de719017d0bc12f52f81589"
 
-"@types/node@^14.6.2":
-  version "14.18.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.18.1.tgz#459886b51f52aa923dc06b9ea81cb8b1d733e9d3"
-  integrity sha512-fTFWOFrgAkj737w1o0HLTIgisgYHnsZfeiqhG1Ltrf/iJjudEbUwetQAsfrtVE49JGwvpEzQR+EbMkIqG4227g==
+"@types/node@^12.0.12":
+  version "12.12.62"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.12.62.tgz#733923d73669188d35950253dd18a21570085d2b"
+  integrity sha512-qAfo81CsD7yQIM9mVyh6B/U47li5g7cfpVQEDMfQeF8pSZVwzbhwU3crc0qG4DmpsebpJPR49AKOExQyJ05Cpg==
 
 "@types/normalize-package-data@^2.4.0":
   version "2.4.0"
@@ -3742,6 +3737,11 @@ core-js@^2.4.0, core-js@^2.5.0, core-js@^2.6.5:
   version "2.6.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-2.6.11.tgz#38831469f9922bded8ee21c9dc46985e0399308c"
 
+core-js@^3.6.5:
+  version "3.6.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-3.6.5.tgz#7395dc273af37fb2e50e9bd3d9fe841285231d1a"
+  integrity sha512-vZVEEwZoIsI+vPEuoF9Iqf5H7/M3eeQqWlQnYa8FSKKePuYTf5MWnxb5SDAzCa60b3JBRS5g9b+Dq7b1y/RCrA==
+
 core-util-is@1.0.2, core-util-is@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-util-is/-/core-util-is-1.0.2.tgz#b5fd54220aa2bc5ab57aab7140c940754503c1a7"
@@ -4747,13 +4747,13 @@ electron-window-state@^4.1.1:
     jsonfile "^2.2.3"
     mkdirp "^0.5.1"
 
-electron@15.3.2:
-  version "15.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-15.3.2.tgz#4f0cbad781d14e0194f5dfef1709e09a70c8074a"
-  integrity sha512-sEpOX10gjAyvq33HDxJrq2HhYZT3qndZjUrHkzG16QTLjykP7lMvGnJ/bt6wn+T75f4wwv59FUbQx2hW3Xz5TQ==
+electron@11.5.0:
+  version "11.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-11.5.0.tgz#f1650543b9d8f2047d3807755bdb120153ed210f"
+  integrity sha512-WjNDd6lGpxyiNjE3LhnFCAk/D9GIj1rU3GSDealVShhkkkPR3Vh4q8ErXGDl1OAO/faomVa10KoFPUN/pLbNxg==
   dependencies:
-    "@electron/get" "^1.13.0"
-    "@types/node" "^14.6.2"
+    "@electron/get" "^1.0.1"
+    "@types/node" "^12.0.12"
     extract-zip "^1.0.3"
 
 elegant-spinner@^1.0.1:
@@ -5951,12 +5951,13 @@ glob@^7.0.5, glob@^7.1.6:
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
-global-agent@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global-agent/-/global-agent-3.0.0.tgz#ae7cd31bd3583b93c5a16437a1afe27cc33a1ab6"
-  integrity sha512-PT6XReJ+D07JvGoxQMkT6qji/jVNfX/h364XHZOWeRzy64sSFr+xJ5OX7LI3b4MPQzdL4H8Y8M0xzPpsVMwA8Q==
+global-agent@^2.0.2:
+  version "2.1.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global-agent/-/global-agent-2.1.12.tgz#e4ae3812b731a9e81cbf825f9377ef450a8e4195"
+  integrity sha512-caAljRMS/qcDo69X9BfkgrihGUgGx44Fb4QQToNQjsiWh+YlQ66uqYVAdA8Olqit+5Ng0nkz09je3ZzANMZcjg==
   dependencies:
     boolean "^3.0.1"
+    core-js "^3.6.5"
     es6-error "^4.1.1"
     matcher "^3.0.0"
     roarr "^2.15.3"
@@ -10743,7 +10744,7 @@ safe-regex@^1.1.0:
   version "2.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz#44fa161b0187b9549dd84bb91802f9bd8385cd6a"
 
-sanitize-filename@^1.6.3:
+sanitize-filename@^1.6.2, sanitize-filename@^1.6.3:
   version "1.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-filename/-/sanitize-filename-1.6.3.tgz#755ebd752045931977e30b2025d340d7c9090378"
   integrity sha512-y/52Mcy7aw3gRm7IrcGDFx/bCk4AhRh2eI9luHOQM86nZsqwiRkkq2GekHXBBD+SmPidc8i2PqtYZl+pWJ8Oeg==