diff --git a/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml b/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml
index 3bedb711b..319c6379d 100644
--- a/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml
+++ b/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 --next
 -js ::OUTPUT_FILE::
 -cp ::OUTPUT_DIR::/haxe
--lib hxnodejs
 -main ApplicationMain ::HAXE_FLAGS::
 
 -D electron
diff --git a/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml b/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml
index b2b5cebad..6f547bd6f 100644
--- a/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml
+++ b/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 --next
 -js ::OUTPUT_FILE::
 -cp ::OUTPUT_DIR::/haxe
--lib hxnodejs
 -main ApplicationMain ::HAXE_FLAGS::
 
 -D electron
diff --git a/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml b/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml
index de2e79414..bce69755e 100644
--- a/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml
+++ b/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 --next
 -js ::OUTPUT_FILE::
 -cp ::OUTPUT_DIR::/haxe
--lib hxnodejs
 -main ApplicationMain ::HAXE_FLAGS::
 
 -D electron
diff --git a/templates/electron/template/package.json b/templates/electron/template/package.json
index 4f6418e2e..69f387626 100644
--- a/templates/electron/template/package.json
+++ b/templates/electron/template/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
         "start": "electron ElectronSetup.js"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "electron": "^9.1.0"
+        "electron": "^18.0.4"
     }
 }