diff --git a/.yarnrc b/.yarnrc
index 3666616e0b..0ffbd73e54 100644
--- a/.yarnrc
+++ b/.yarnrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 disturl "https://atom.io/download/electron"
-target "13.4.0"
+target "12.2.1"
 runtime "electron"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 525d5c2087..b938acc979 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
     "css-loader": "^5.2.6",
     "deepdash": "^5.3.5",
     "dompurify": "^2.3.1",
-    "electron": "^13.4.0",
+    "electron": "^12.2.1",
     "electron-builder": "^22.10.5",
     "electron-notarize": "^0.3.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.12.24",
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index f751d79790..80e3224fd4 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ export class WindowManager extends Singleton {
           app.dock?.hide(); // hide icon in dock (mac-os)
         })
         .webContents
+        .on("new-window", (event, url) => {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          shell.openExternal(url);
+        })
         .on("dom-ready", () => {
           appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "dom-ready" });
         })
@@ -146,10 +150,6 @@ export class WindowManager extends Singleton {
 
           // Always disable Node.js integration for all webviews
           webPreferences.nodeIntegration = false;
-        }).setWindowOpenHandler((details) => {
-          shell.openExternal(details.url);
-
-          return { action: "deny" };
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a0f22f0e98..081fc44d94 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5269,10 +5269,10 @@ electron@*:
     "@types/node" "^12.0.12"
     extract-zip "^1.0.3"
 
-electron@^13.4.0:
-  version "13.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-13.4.0.tgz#f9f9e518d8c6bf23bfa8b69580447eea3ca0f880"
-  integrity sha512-KJGWS2qa0xZXIMPMDUNkRVO8/JxRd4+M0ejYYOzu2LIQ5ijecPzNuNR9nvDkml9XyyRBzu975FkhJcwD17ietQ==
+electron@^12.2.1:
+  version "12.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-12.2.1.tgz#ef138fde11efd01743934c3e0df717cc53ee362b"
+  integrity sha512-Gp+rO81qoaRDP7PTVtBOvnSgDgGlwUuAEWXxi621uOJMIlYFas9ChXe8pjdL0R0vyUpiHVzp6Vrjx41VZqEpsw==
   dependencies:
     "@electron/get" "^1.0.1"
     "@types/node" "^14.6.2"