diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
index a97b8197b4..063fb89918 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine" Version="4.5.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.10.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.7.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.8.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Management.Automation.dll" Version="10.0.10586" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index 27bc3f7597..fa378cf19e 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.7.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.8.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="lazer.ico" />