diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 096769731e..2b3fd43f4c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     "conf": "^7.1.2",
     "crypto-js": "^4.1.1",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.2.0",
-    "electron-updater": "^4.6.1",
+    "electron-updater": "^4.6.5",
     "electron-window-state": "^5.0.3",
     "filehound": "^1.17.5",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
diff --git a/src/main/app-updater.ts b/src/main/app-updater.ts
index b30d799677..4834a90234 100644
--- a/src/main/app-updater.ts
+++ b/src/main/app-updater.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 import { autoUpdater, UpdateInfo } from "electron-updater";
 import logger from "./logger";
-import { isLinux, isMac, isPublishConfigured, isTestEnv } from "../common/vars";
+import { isPublishConfigured, isTestEnv } from "../common/vars";
 import { delay } from "../common/utils";
 import { areArgsUpdateAvailableToBackchannel, AutoUpdateChecking, AutoUpdateLogPrefix, AutoUpdateNoUpdateAvailable, broadcastMessage, onceCorrect, UpdateAvailableChannel, UpdateAvailableToBackchannel } from "../common/ipc";
 import { once } from "lodash";
-import { ipcMain, autoUpdater as electronAutoUpdater } from "electron";
+import { ipcMain } from "electron";
 import { nextUpdateChannel } from "./utils/update-channel";
 import { UserStore } from "../common/user-store";
 
@@ -23,25 +23,7 @@ function handleAutoUpdateBackChannel(event: Electron.IpcMainEvent, ...[arg]: Upd
   if (arg.doUpdate) {
     if (arg.now) {
       logger.info(`${AutoUpdateLogPrefix}: User chose to update now`);
-      setImmediate(() => {
-        if (isMac) {
-          /**
-           * This is a necessary workaround until electron-updater is fixed.
-           * The problem is that it downloads it but then never tries to
-           * download it from itself via electron.
-           */
-          electronAutoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
-        } else if (isLinux) {
-          /**
-           * This is a necessary workaround until electron-updater is fixed.
-           * The problem is that because linux updating is not implemented at
-           * all via electron. Electron's autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() is never
-           * called.
-           */
-          electronAutoUpdater.emit("before-quit-for-update");
-        }
-        autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(true, true);
-      });
+      autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(true, true);
     } else {
       logger.info(`${AutoUpdateLogPrefix}: User chose to update on quit`);
       autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = true;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 29b458b062..655e196ef7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3290,14 +3290,6 @@ buffer@^5.1.0, buffer@^5.5.0:
     base64-js "^1.0.2"
     ieee754 "^1.1.4"
 
-builder-util-runtime@8.9.1:
-  version "8.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builder-util-runtime/-/builder-util-runtime-8.9.1.tgz#25f066b3fbc20b3e6236a9b956b1ebb0e33ff66a"
-  integrity sha512-c8a8J3wK6BIVLW7ls+7TRK9igspTbzWmUqxFbgK0m40Ggm6efUbxtWVCGIjc+dtchyr5qAMAUL6iEGRdS/6vwg==
-  dependencies:
-    debug "^4.3.2"
-    sax "^1.2.4"
-
 builder-util-runtime@8.9.2:
   version "8.9.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builder-util-runtime/-/builder-util-runtime-8.9.2.tgz#a9669ae5b5dcabfe411ded26678e7ae997246c28"
@@ -4919,13 +4911,13 @@ electron-to-chromium@^1.4.17:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.4.57.tgz#2b2766df76ac8dbc0a1d41249bc5684a31849892"
   integrity sha512-FNC+P5K1n6pF+M0zIK+gFCoXcJhhzDViL3DRIGy2Fv5PohuSES1JHR7T+GlwxSxlzx4yYbsuzCZvHxcBSRCIOw==
 
-electron-updater@^4.6.1:
-  version "4.6.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-updater/-/electron-updater-4.6.1.tgz#80ca805c4f51b2e682aac29d18fed75d6a533d32"
-  integrity sha512-YsU1mHqXLrXXmBMsxhxy24PrbaB8rnpZDPmFa2gOkTYk/Ch13+R0fjsRSpPYvqtskVVY0ux8fu+HnUkVkqc7og==
+electron-updater@^4.6.5:
+  version "4.6.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-updater/-/electron-updater-4.6.5.tgz#e9a75458bbfd6bb41a58a829839e150ad2eb2d3d"
+  integrity sha512-kdTly8O9mSZfm9fslc1mnCY+mYOeaYRy7ERa2Fed240u01BKll3aiupzkd07qKw69KvhBSzuHroIW3mF0D8DWA==
   dependencies:
     "@types/semver" "^7.3.6"
-    builder-util-runtime "8.9.1"
+    builder-util-runtime "8.9.2"
     fs-extra "^10.0.0"
     js-yaml "^4.1.0"
     lazy-val "^1.0.5"