diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 209e3ef4b6..bc78e9f269 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20
+20.12.1
diff --git a/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/dev.ts b/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/dev.ts
index 3b990341c9..4ab9d5f616 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/dev.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function spawnOrReloadElectron() {
   spawnProcess = spawn(exe, ['.'], {
     cwd: electronDir,
     env: process.env,
+    shell: true,
   });
 
   spawnProcess.stdout.on('data', d => {
diff --git a/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/generate-assets.ts b/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/generate-assets.ts
index a66ca1fbb4..68452316d4 100755
--- a/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/generate-assets.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/electron/scripts/generate-assets.ts
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ if (!process.env.SKIP_WEB_BUILD) {
     stdio: 'inherit',
     env: process.env,
     cwd,
+    shell: true,
   });
 
   spawnSync('yarn', ['workspace', '@affine/electron', 'build'], {
     stdio: 'inherit',
     env: process.env,
     cwd,
+    shell: true,
   });
 
   // step 1.5: amend sourceMappingURL to allow debugging in devtools