diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
index d686da98fa38..dd7dabf2bf28 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, buildEnv, makeDesktopItem, makeWrapper, zlib, glib, alsaLib
 , dbus, gtk, atk, pango, freetype, fontconfig, libgnome_keyring3, gdk_pixbuf
 , cairo, cups, expat, libgpgerror, nspr, gconf, nss, xorg, libcap, unzip
-, systemd
+, systemd, libnotify
 }:
 let
   atomEnv = buildEnv {
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ let
       fontconfig gdk_pixbuf cairo cups expat libgpgerror alsaLib nspr gconf nss
       xorg.libXrender xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXdamage xorg.libXtst
       xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXi xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXrandr
-      xorg.libXcursor libcap systemd
+      xorg.libXcursor libcap systemd libnotify
     ];
   };
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "electron-${version}";
-  version = "0.28.2";
+  version = "0.36.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/atom/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-x64.zip";
-    sha256 = "55b0880e2f78a60d95a58e83cd75006c34cb6ed90836e1f34e3359c3e5d0b8f0";
+    sha256 = "01d78j8dfrdygm1r141681b3bfz1f1xqg9vddz7j52z1mlfv9f1d";
     name = "${name}.zip";
   };