diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/webtorrent_desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/webtorrent_desktop/default.nix
index f5b90bb2c884..77983e4853ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/webtorrent_desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/webtorrent_desktop/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, electron_22, buildNpmPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, stdenv, electron, buildNpmPackage, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 buildNpmPackage {
   pname = "webtorrent-desktop";
-  version = "0.25-pre";
+  version = "0.25-pre-1eb612";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "webtorrent";
     repo = "webtorrent-desktop";
-    rev = "fce078defefd575cb35a5c79d3d9f96affc8a08f";
-    sha256 = "sha256-gXFiG36qqR0QHTqhaxgQKDO0UCHkJLnVwUTQB/Nct/c=";
+    rev = "1eb61201d6360698a2cc4ea72bf0fa7ee78b457c";
+    sha256 = "sha256-DBEFOamncyidMXypvKNnUmDIPUq1LzYjDgox7fa4+Gg=";
   };
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-pEuvstrZ9oMdJ/iU6XwEQ1BYOyQp/ce6sYBTrMCjGMc=";
+  patches = [
+    # electron 27 fix
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent-desktop/pull/2388.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-gam5oAZtsaiCNFwecA5ff0nhraySLx3SOHlb/js+cPM=";
+    })
+    # startup fix
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent-desktop/pull/2389.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-hBJGLNNjcGRhYOFlLm/RL0po+70tEeJtR6Y/CfacPAI=";
+    })
+  ];
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-tqhp3jDb1xtyV/n9kJtzkiznLQfqeYWeZiTnTVV0ibE=";
   makeCacheWritable = true;
   npmRebuildFlags = [ "--ignore-scripts" ];
   installPhase = ''
@@ -31,7 +43,7 @@ buildNpmPackage {
     cat > $out/bin/WebTorrent <<EOF
     #! ${stdenv.shell}
     set -eu
-    exec ${electron_22}/bin/electron --no-sandbox $out/lib/webtorrent-desktop "\$@"
+    exec ${electron}/bin/electron --no-sandbox $out/lib/webtorrent-desktop "\$@"
     EOF
     chmod +x $out/bin/WebTorrent
     cp -r static/linux/share/icons $out/share/
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index caef0bfaf5b1..1b5c5665748f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -36442,7 +36442,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   webssh = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication webssh;
 
-  webtorrent_desktop = callPackage ../applications/video/webtorrent_desktop { };
+  webtorrent_desktop = callPackage ../applications/video/webtorrent_desktop {
+    electron = electron_27;
+  };
 
   wrapWeechat = callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/weechat/wrapper.nix { };