diff --git a/example/icons/icon.icns b/example/icons/icon.icns
index 0f8492b5b..a524a3a53 100644
Binary files a/example/icons/icon.icns and b/example/icons/icon.icns differ
diff --git a/example/icons/icon.ico b/example/icons/icon.ico
index 978565c75..92ca9753b 100644
Binary files a/example/icons/icon.ico and b/example/icons/icon.ico differ
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 0b1a19015..b997d9e02 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var fs = require('fs-extra');
 var path = require('path');
 var url = require('url');
-var rcedit = Promise.promisify(require('rcedit'));
+var winresourcer = Promise.promisify(require('winresourcer'));
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 var semver = require('semver');
 
@@ -415,22 +415,23 @@ NwBuilder.prototype.handleWinApp = function () {
     // Set icon
     if (self.options.winIco) {
         self.emit('log', 'Update executable icon');
-        rcedit(
-            path.resolve(winPlatform.releasePath, _.first(winPlatform.files)),
-            {
-                icon: path.resolve(self.options.winIco)
-            },
-            function(err){
-                if(err) {
-                    done.reject('Error while updating the Windows icon.' +
-                        (process.platform !== "win32" ? ' Wine (winehq.org) must be installed to add custom icons from Mac and Linux.' : '')
-                    );
-                }
-                else {
-                    done.resolve();
-                }
+        winresourcer({
+            operation: "Update",
+            exeFile: path.resolve(winPlatform.releasePath, _.first(winPlatform.files)),
+            resourceType: "Icongroup",
+            resourceName: "IDR_MAINFRAME",
+            lang: 1033, // Required, except when updating or deleting 
+            resourceFile: path.resolve(self.options.winIco)
+        }, function(err) {
+            if(err) {
+                done.reject('Error while updating the Windows icon.' +
+                    (process.platform !== "win32" ? ' Wine (winehq.org) must be installed to add custom icons from Mac and Linux.' : '')
+                );
             }
-        );
+            else {
+                done.resolve();
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     return done.promise;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd5ae40b9..3082c4d30 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,23 +26,23 @@
     "tape": "^2.12.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "semver": "^2.3.1",
-    "request": "~2.40.0",
-    "progress": "~1.1.7",
-    "lodash": "~2.4.1",
+    "archiver": "^0.10.0",
     "bluebird": "~1.2.2",
-    "temp": "~0.7.0",
-    "plist": "^1.0.0",
     "decompress-zip": "0.0.8",
-    "simple-glob": "~0.1.0",
-    "inherits": "~2.0.1",
     "fs-extra": "^0.10.0",
-    "archiver": "^0.10.0",
-    "tar-fs": "^0.3.2",
+    "inherits": "~2.0.1",
+    "lodash": "~2.4.1",
+    "ncp": "^0.6.0",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
+    "plist": "^1.0.0",
+    "progress": "~1.1.7",
+    "request": "~2.40.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.2.8",
+    "semver": "^2.3.1",
+    "simple-glob": "~0.1.0",
+    "tar-fs": "^0.3.2",
+    "temp": "~0.7.0",
     "update-notifier": "^0.1.8",
-    "rcedit": "0.2.0",
-    "ncp": "^0.6.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.2.8"
+    "winresourcer": "^0.9.0"
   }
 }