diff --git a/packages/debugger-shell/package.json b/packages/debugger-shell/package.json
index 90873f57e5f0..4e5830891b07 100644
--- a/packages/debugger-shell/package.json
+++ b/packages/debugger-shell/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "cross-spawn": "^7.0.6",
-    "electron": "36.3.0"
+    "electron": "39.8.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "semver": "^7.1.3"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a2cebcc71aef..ff04491b7b3f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3524,7 +3524,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@react-native/debugger-shell@workspace:packages/debugger-shell"
   dependencies:
     cross-spawn: "npm:^7.0.6"
-    electron: "npm:36.3.0"
+    electron: "npm:39.8.5"
     semver: "npm:^7.1.3"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -6635,16 +6635,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"electron@npm:36.3.0":
-  version: 36.3.0
-  resolution: "electron@npm:36.3.0"
+"electron@npm:39.8.5":
+  version: 39.8.5
+  resolution: "electron@npm:39.8.5"
   dependencies:
     "@electron/get": "npm:^2.0.0"
     "@types/node": "npm:^22.7.7"
     extract-zip: "npm:^2.0.1"
   bin:
     electron: cli.js
-  checksum: 10c0/d429f11a4158f0211df9e5d94a7b02a89519a8f6a5b242ccbaa4dc887788237b216d3c3351f42da02ddcfcf9d27eb7abba28dd079b37b98ec53fef33789d7e46
+  checksum: 10c0/21448e3d69a5e96912ce84533d39e7258be17879502cfed30bcdd6581b61516a1d1f3b492aad20344367967229bce27018625047f7ee6801257df93bf6b96d97
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard