diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index 4c9b377af..1169070dd 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     "recursive-readdir": "^2.2.2",
     "redux": "^4.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-    "socket.io": "^3.1.0",
+    "socket.io": "^4.0.0",
     "tmp": "^0.2.1",
     "ts-jest": "^26.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^8.8.1",
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index e565bfd6e..7d85e4aa7 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -2682,20 +2682,10 @@
     "@types/node" "*"
     form-data "^3.0.0"
 
-"@types/node@*", "@types/node@^14.14.10":
-  version "14.14.31"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.14.31.tgz#72286bd33d137aa0d152d47ec7c1762563d34055"
-  integrity sha512-vFHy/ezP5qI0rFgJ7aQnjDXwAMrG0KqqIH7tQG5PPv3BWBayOPIQNBjVc/P6hhdZfMx51REc6tfDNXHUio893g==
-
-"@types/node@^14.14.36":
-  version "14.14.36"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.14.36.tgz#5637905dbb15c30a33a3c65b9ef7c20e3c85ebad"
-  integrity sha512-kjivUwDJfIjngzbhooRnOLhGYz6oRFi+L+EpMjxroDYXwDw9lHrJJ43E+dJ6KAd3V3WxWAJ/qZE9XKYHhjPOFQ==
-
-"@types/node@^14.6.2":
-  version "14.14.35"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.14.35.tgz#42c953a4e2b18ab931f72477e7012172f4ffa313"
-  integrity sha512-Lt+wj8NVPx0zUmUwumiVXapmaLUcAk3yPuHCFVXras9k5VT9TdhJqKqGVUQCD60OTMCl0qxJ57OiTL0Mic3Iag==
+"@types/node@*", "@types/node@>=10.0.0", "@types/node@^14.14.36", "@types/node@^14.6.2":
+  version "14.14.37"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.14.37.tgz#a3dd8da4eb84a996c36e331df98d82abd76b516e"
+  integrity sha512-XYmBiy+ohOR4Lh5jE379fV2IU+6Jn4g5qASinhitfyO71b/sCo6MKsMLF5tc7Zf2CE8hViVQyYSobJNke8OvUw==
 
 "@types/normalize-package-data@^2.4.0":
   version "2.4.0"
@@ -5780,10 +5770,10 @@ engine.io-parser@~4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     base64-arraybuffer "0.1.4"
 
-engine.io@~4.1.0:
-  version "4.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/engine.io/-/engine.io-4.1.0.tgz#d8ac90a09ed9fc703abf87023f1e1815e33f044e"
-  integrity sha512-vW7EAtn0HDQ4MtT5QbmCHF17TaYLONv2/JwdYsq9USPRZVM4zG7WB3k0Nc321z8EuSOlhGokrYlYx4176QhD0A==
+engine.io@~5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/engine.io/-/engine.io-5.0.0.tgz#470dc94a8a4907fa4d2cd1fa6611426afcee61bf"
+  integrity sha512-BATIdDV3H1SrE9/u2BAotvsmjJg0t1P4+vGedImSs1lkFAtQdvk4Ev1y4LDiPF7BPWgXWEG+NDY+nLvW3UrMWw==
   dependencies:
     accepts "~1.3.4"
     base64id "2.0.0"
@@ -12410,10 +12400,10 @@ snapdragon@^0.8.1:
     source-map-resolve "^0.5.0"
     use "^3.1.0"
 
-socket.io-adapter@~2.1.0:
-  version "2.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io-adapter/-/socket.io-adapter-2.1.0.tgz#edc5dc36602f2985918d631c1399215e97a1b527"
-  integrity sha512-+vDov/aTsLjViYTwS9fPy5pEtTkrbEKsw2M+oVSoFGw6OD1IpvlV1VPhUzNbofCQ8oyMbdYJqDtGdmHQK6TdPg==
+socket.io-adapter@~2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io-adapter/-/socket.io-adapter-2.2.0.tgz#43af9157c4609e74b8addc6867873ac7eb48fda2"
+  integrity sha512-rG49L+FwaVEwuAdeBRq49M97YI3ElVabJPzvHT9S6a2CWhDKnjSFasvwAwSYPRhQzfn4NtDIbCaGYgOCOU/rlg==
 
 socket.io-parser@~4.0.3:
   version "4.0.4"
@@ -12424,19 +12414,19 @@ socket.io-parser@~4.0.3:
     component-emitter "~1.3.0"
     debug "~4.3.1"
 
-socket.io@^3.1.0:
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io/-/socket.io-3.1.0.tgz#4f3accda31e95893f618090c9cb5e85d345421fb"
-  integrity sha512-Aqg2dlRh6xSJvRYK31ksG65q4kmBOqU4g+1ukhPcoT6wNGYoIwSYPlCPuRwOO9pgLUajojGFztl6+V2opmKcww==
+socket.io@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io/-/socket.io-4.0.0.tgz#ee484a95dc6a38698491aaf63b6ec1f3ceeac0a8"
+  integrity sha512-/c1riZMV/4yz7KEpaMhDQbwhJDIoO55whXaRKgyEBQrLU9zUHXo9rzeTMvTOqwL9mbKfHKdrXcMoCeQ/1YtMsg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/cookie" "^0.4.0"
     "@types/cors" "^2.8.8"
-    "@types/node" "^14.14.10"
+    "@types/node" ">=10.0.0"
     accepts "~1.3.4"
     base64id "~2.0.0"
     debug "~4.3.1"
-    engine.io "~4.1.0"
-    socket.io-adapter "~2.1.0"
+    engine.io "~5.0.0"
+    socket.io-adapter "~2.2.0"
     socket.io-parser "~4.0.3"
 
 sort-keys@^4.0.0: