diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/electron-fiddle/dont-use-initial-releases-json.patch b/pkgs/by-name/el/electron-fiddle/dont-use-initial-releases-json.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fce56ea3ef875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/electron-fiddle/dont-use-initial-releases-json.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+diff --git a/src/main/versions.ts b/src/main/versions.ts
+index 501ba1a..0c11ff7 100644
+--- a/src/main/versions.ts
++++ b/src/main/versions.ts
+@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { IpcMainInvokeEvent, app } from 'electron';
+ import fs from 'fs-extra';
+ 
+ import { ipcMainManager } from './ipc';
+-import releases from '../../static/releases.json';
+ import { InstallState, Version } from '../interfaces';
+ import { IpcEvents } from '../ipc-events';
+ 
+@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ export async function fetchVersions(): Promise<Version[]> {
+ 
+ export async function setupVersions() {
+   knownVersions = await ElectronVersions.create({
+-    initialVersions: releases,
+     paths: {
+       versionsCache: path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'releases.json'),
+     },
+diff --git a/tools/fetch-releases.ts b/tools/fetch-releases.ts
+index 744b814..94fd971 100644
+--- a/tools/fetch-releases.ts
++++ b/tools/fetch-releases.ts
+@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ElectronVersions } from '@electron/fiddle-core';
+ const file = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'static', 'releases.json');
+ 
+ export async function populateReleases() {
++  return;
+   const elves = await ElectronVersions.create({ ignoreCache: true });
+   const releases = elves.versions.map(({ version }) =>
+     elves.getReleaseInfo(version),
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/electron-fiddle/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/electron-fiddle/package.nix
index 0848072bc5eb9..1670b582f8770 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/electron-fiddle/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/electron-fiddle/package.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 {
   buildFHSEnv,
-  electron_33,
+  electron_36,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchYarnDeps,
-  fetchurl,
   git,
   lib,
   makeDesktopItem,
-  nodejs_20,
+  nodejs,
   stdenvNoCC,
   util-linux,
   yarnBuildHook,
@@ -17,32 +16,26 @@
 
 let
   pname = "electron-fiddle";
-  version = "0.36.5";
-  electron = electron_33;
-  nodejs = nodejs_20;
+  version = "0.37.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "electron";
     repo = "fiddle";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Fo7rXnufJ26WijnplWswdeCGJitkvTDboOggUfrz1Hw=";
+    hash = "sha256-e9PLgkqWBNLBw7uuNpPluOQ6+aGLYQLyTzcLa+LMOzs=";
   };
 
-  # As of https://github.com/electron/fiddle/pull/1316 this is fetched
-  # from the network and has no stable hash.  Grab an old version from
-  # the repository.
-  releasesJson = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/electron/fiddle/v0.32.4~18/static/releases.json";
-    hash = "sha256-1sxd3eJ6/WjXS6XQbrgKUTNUmrhuc1dAvy+VAivGErg=";
-  };
+  electron = electron_36;
 
   unwrapped = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     pname = "${pname}-unwrapped";
     inherit version src;
 
+    patches = [ ./dont-use-initial-releases-json.patch ];
+
     offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
-      yarnLock = "${src}/yarn.lock";
-      hash = "sha256-eZ/g2cP6M0zWhF14go0sIC+UuzTo9Gl4KsPBGzJU3FQ=";
+      inherit src;
+      hash = "sha256-mB8WG6tX204u6AJ8qLbWrA+pSN3oDihHqj0t3bWcuAI=";
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -67,9 +60,7 @@ let
 
       # force @electron/packager to use our electron instead of downloading it, even if it is a different version
       substituteInPlace node_modules/@electron/packager/dist/packager.js \
-          --replace-fail 'await this.getElectronZipPath(downloadOpts)' '"electron.zip"'
-
-      ln -s ${releasesJson} static/releases.json
+        --replace-fail 'await this.getElectronZipPath(downloadOpts)' '"electron.zip"'
     '';
 
     yarnBuildScript = "package";
@@ -105,7 +96,7 @@ let
 in
 buildFHSEnv {
   inherit pname version;
-  runScript = "${electron}/bin/electron ${unwrapped}/lib/electron-fiddle/resources/app.asar";
+  runScript = "${lib.getExe electron} ${unwrapped}/lib/electron-fiddle/resources/app.asar";
 
   extraInstallCommands = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps"