diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index a3286699..4f0f6978 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fix-path-env = { git = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/fix-path-env-rs" }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 gtk = "0.15"
-webkit2gtk = "0.18" # if tauri build fails, make sure to match this version to what we have in tauri
+webkit2gtk = "2.0" # if tauri build fails, make sure to match this version to what we have in tauri
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 objc = "0.2.7"