diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
index 389a3d06cd5e..82bcb8c85668 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/freetube/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, appimageTools, makeWrapper, electron }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, appimageTools, makeWrapper, electron_22 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "freetube";
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  # Electron version is set to 22 in order to match upstream
   postFixup = ''
-    makeWrapper ${electron}/bin/electron $out/bin/${pname} \
+    makeWrapper ${electron_22}/bin/electron $out/bin/${pname} \
       --add-flags $out/share/${pname}/resources/app.asar
   '';