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index 7564f87e464..2fd71090675 100644
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index 37092b712b7..d2896851279 100644
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index 776600c7cec..4a768ebc773 100644
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index a0dc7d16fef..0bf05095f0a 100644
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index fa44c1f8e55..6e8e0836293 100644
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index ce03a097743..2db09f753cd 100644
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index 49cba9cf1d2..e8c3379f581 100644
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index 0a3b1c83801..edebe7a1040 100644
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index f85cfc28cbd..a1cd16de1c0 100644
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index 85e8626a6f4..5ee1657f7d6 100644
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     "depcheck": "^1.4.1",
     "dns-query": "^0.11.2",
-    "electron": "^29.4.5",
+    "electron": "^31.4.0",
     "eslint": "^7.25.0",
     "events": "^3.3.0",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
diff --git a/packages/compass/package.json b/packages/compass/package.json
index 86f05053e07..b3ca77d8620 100644
--- a/packages/compass/package.json
+++ b/packages/compass/package.json
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
     "compass-preferences-model": "^2.26.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "depcheck": "^1.4.1",
-    "electron": "^29.4.5",
+    "electron": "^31.4.0",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.2.0",
     "electron-dl": "^3.5.0",
     "electron-mocha": "^12.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/compass/src/main/logging.ts b/packages/compass/src/main/logging.ts
index ca499f518c7..23bf07b7227 100644
--- a/packages/compass/src/main/logging.ts
+++ b/packages/compass/src/main/logging.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ async function setupLogging(compassApp: typeof CompassApplication) {
     process.on('compass:log', (meta) => {
       writer.target.write(meta.line);
     });
-    process.off('compass:log', earlyLoggingListener);
+    process.off('compass:log' as any, earlyLoggingListener);
 
     for (const ev of earlyLogEvents) {
       // @ts-expect-error electron types are conflicting with Node.js ones here
diff --git a/packages/connection-storage/package.json b/packages/connection-storage/package.json
index 985d6bdc39f..830abb98001 100644
--- a/packages/connection-storage/package.json
+++ b/packages/connection-storage/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "@mongodb-js/connection-info": "^0.5.3",
     "bson": "^6.7.0",
     "compass-preferences-model": "^2.26.0",
-    "electron": "^29.4.5",
+    "electron": "^31.4.0",
     "hadron-app-registry": "^9.2.2",
     "hadron-ipc": "^3.2.20",
     "keytar": "^7.9.0",
diff --git a/packages/hadron-build/lib/target.js b/packages/hadron-build/lib/target.js
index fd5638b46db..77ccd01074c 100644
--- a/packages/hadron-build/lib/target.js
+++ b/packages/hadron-build/lib/target.js
@@ -196,14 +196,7 @@ class Target {
       arch: this.arch,
       electronVersion: this.electronVersion,
       sign: null,
-      afterExtract: [(buildPath, electronVersion, platform, arch, done) => {
-        // TODO(https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/43076): electron
-        // releases are pointing to a wrong version of ffmpeg codecs right now
-        // (platform mismatch), there is a fix in progress and we should switch
-        // asap when it's available, for now just use the ffmpeg from an older
-        // version
-        ffmpegAfterExtract(buildPath, '29.4.3', platform, arch, done)
-      }]
+      afterExtract: [ffmpegAfterExtract]
     };
 
     validateBuildConfig(this.platform, this.pkg.config.hadron.build[this.platform]);
diff --git a/packages/hadron-build/package.json b/packages/hadron-build/package.json
index 8eccbd65926..ef26287f785 100644
--- a/packages/hadron-build/package.json
+++ b/packages/hadron-build/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "del": "^2.0.2",
     "download": "^8.0.0",
-    "electron": "^29.4.5",
+    "electron": "^31.4.0",
     "electron-packager": "^15.5.1",
     "electron-packager-plugin-non-proprietary-codecs-ffmpeg": "^1.0.2",
     "flatnest": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/hadron-ipc/package.json b/packages/hadron-ipc/package.json
index 2ddb0107baf..01bc03c9059 100644
--- a/packages/hadron-ipc/package.json
+++ b/packages/hadron-ipc/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
-    "electron": "^29.4.5",
+    "electron": "^31.4.0",
     "is-electron-renderer": "^2.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/package.json b/scripts/package.json
index 3b238eb900d..d79080e7512 100644
--- a/scripts/package.json
+++ b/scripts/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@babel/core": "^7.24.3",
     "@mongodb-js/monorepo-tools": "^1.1.1",
     "commander": "^11.0.0",
-    "electron": "^29.4.5",
+    "electron": "^31.4.0",
     "jsdom": "^21.1.0",
     "make-fetch-happen": "^8.0.14",
     "pacote": "^11.3.5",