diff --git a/docs/source/contribute/building.rst b/docs/source/contribute/building.rst
index 8be1cf0d..7986593f 100644
--- a/docs/source/contribute/building.rst
+++ b/docs/source/contribute/building.rst
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ Windows
 Release Instructions
 ====================
 
-ScanCode Workbench is built using `electron-forge <https://www.electronforge.io/>`__ and
-`electron-packager <https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-packager>`__
-
+ScanCode Workbench release is built using `electron-forge <https://www.electronforge.io/>`__.
 You can build the application for your platform using following command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
diff --git a/forge.config.js b/forge.config.js
index a648c237..bf4d5827 100644
--- a/forge.config.js
+++ b/forge.config.js
@@ -1,12 +1,34 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
 const { version } = require("./package.json");
+const {
+  addMetaDataFilesToPackage,
+  buildPackageArchive,
+} = require("./package-utils");
 
 const APP_NAME_WITH_VERSION = `ScanCode-Workbench-${version}`;
+const ARCHIVE_DIR = "dist";
+
+const MetaDataFiles = [
+  "apache-2.0.LICENSE",
+  "AUTHORS.rst",
+  "CHANGELOG.rst",
+  "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst",
+  "CONTRIBUTING.rst",
+  "NOTICE",
+  "package-lock.json",
+  "README.md",
+  "SCANCODE_WORKBENCH_VERSION",
+  "workbench.ABOUT",
+];
 
 module.exports = {
   packagerConfig: {
     name: APP_NAME_WITH_VERSION,
     icon: "src/assets/app-icon/icon",
+    dir: ".",
+    out: "out",
+    overwrite: true,
+    prune: true,
   },
   plugins: [
     {
@@ -25,5 +47,21 @@ module.exports = {
         },
       },
     },
+    {
+      name: "@timfish/forge-externals-plugin",
+      config: {
+        externals: ["sqlite3"],
+        includeDeps: true,
+      },
+    },
   ],
+  hooks: {
+    postPackage: async (_, options) => {
+      // Add metadata files like Readme, License, etc to the packaged app
+      addMetaDataFilesToPackage(options.outputPaths[0], MetaDataFiles);
+
+      // Build zip/tar.gz archive of the packaged app
+      buildPackageArchive(options.outputPaths[0], ARCHIVE_DIR);
+    },
+  },
 };
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 04033b26..daaf06dd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
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         "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^6.4.2",
         "@svgr/webpack": "^8.1.0",
+        "@timfish/forge-externals-plugin": "^0.2.1",
         "@types/c3": "^0.7.10",
         "@types/d3": "^7.4.2",
         "@types/diff-match-patch": "^1.0.35",
@@ -71,8 +72,7 @@
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         "css-loader": "^6.8.1",
         "electron": "^28.1.0",
-        "electron-builder": "^24.6.4",
-        "electron-packager": "^17.1.2",
+        "electron-builder": "^24.9.1",
         "eslint": "^8.53.0",
         "eslint-plugin-css-import-order": "^1.1.0",
         "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.29.0",
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       "dev": true
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+    "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/cliui/-/cliui-8.0.2.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "string-width": "^5.1.2",
+        "string-width-cjs": "npm:string-width@^4.2.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^7.0.1",
+        "strip-ansi-cjs": "npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1",
+        "wrap-ansi": "^8.1.0",
+        "wrap-ansi-cjs": "npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui/node_modules/ansi-regex": {
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+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex?sponsor=1"
+      }
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+      "funding": {
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+      }
+    },
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+      "funding": {
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+      }
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+      },
+      "engines": {
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+      },
+      "funding": {
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+      }
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+        "strip-ansi": "^7.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@istanbuljs/load-nyc-config": {
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@@ -3689,6 +3785,16 @@
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       }
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+    "node_modules/@pkgjs/parseargs": {
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+      "dev": true,
+      "optional": true,
+      "engines": {
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@@ -4124,6 +4230,60 @@
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+    "node_modules/@timfish/forge-externals-plugin": {
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@@ -8829,6 +9059,11 @@
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@@ -9974,6 +10209,34 @@
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+      "version": "3.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/foreground-child/-/foreground-child-3.1.1.tgz",
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+        "signal-exit": "^4.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/foreground-child/node_modules/signal-exit": {
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+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
+      }
+    },
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@@ -11674,6 +11937,24 @@
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       }
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+    "node_modules/jackspeak": {
+      "version": "2.3.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jackspeak/-/jackspeak-2.3.6.tgz",
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+      "dependencies": {
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+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "@pkgjs/parseargs": "^0.11.0"
+      }
+    },
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+      "version": "1.10.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-scurry/-/path-scurry-1.10.1.tgz",
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+      "dependencies": {
+        "lru-cache": "^9.1.1 || ^10.0.0",
+        "minipass": "^5.0.0 || ^6.0.2 || ^7.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16 || 14 >=14.17"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/path-scurry/node_modules/lru-cache": {
+      "version": "10.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-10.1.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "14 || >=16.14"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/path-scurry/node_modules/minipass": {
+      "version": "7.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minipass/-/minipass-7.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jYofLM5Dam9279rdkWzqHozUo4ybjdZmCsDHePy5V/PbBcVMiSZR97gmAy45aqi8CK1lG2ECd356FU86avfwUQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16 || 14 >=14.17"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/path-to-regexp": {
       "version": "0.1.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.7.tgz",
@@ -14205,16 +14520,17 @@
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+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/plist/-/plist-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uysumyrvkUX0rX/dEVqt8gC3sTBzd4zoWfLeS29nb53imdaXVvLINYXTI2GNqzaMuvacNx4uJQ8+b3zXR0pkgQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
+        "@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.8.8",
         "base64-js": "^1.5.1",
         "xmlbuilder": "^15.1.1"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6"
+        "node": ">=10.4.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/postcss": {
@@ -16579,10 +16895,20 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/string-width/node_modules/emoji-regex": {
-      "version": "8.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-8.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-MSjYzcWNOA0ewAHpz0MxpYFvwg6yjy1NG3xteoqz644VCo/RPgnr1/GGt+ic3iJTzQ8Eu3TdM14SawnVUmGE6A=="
+    "node_modules/string-width-cjs": {
+      "name": "string-width",
+      "version": "4.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "emoji-regex": "^8.0.0",
+        "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^3.0.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
     },
     "node_modules/string.prototype.trim": {
       "version": "1.2.8",
@@ -16640,6 +16966,19 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/strip-ansi-cjs": {
+      "name": "strip-ansi",
+      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": "^5.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/strip-bom": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-bom/-/strip-bom-4.0.0.tgz",
@@ -18460,6 +18799,24 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/wrap-ansi-cjs": {
+      "name": "wrap-ansi",
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-styles": "^4.0.0",
+        "string-width": "^4.1.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/wrappy": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package-utils.js b/package-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..037da675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const archiver = require("archiver");
+
+/**
+ * @param {string[]} metaDataFiles
+ * @param {string} packagePath
+*/
+function addMetaDataFilesToPackage(packagePath, metaDataFiles) {
+  metaDataFiles.forEach((file) =>
+    fs.copyFileSync(file, `${packagePath}/${file}`)
+  );
+  console.log(`Added ${metaDataFiles.length} metadata files to Packaged app at ${packagePath}`);
+}
+
+/** 
+ * @param {string} packagePath
+ * @param {string} archiveDirectory
+*/
+function buildPackageArchive(packagePath, archiveDirectory) {
+  // Get the base name of the package directory
+  const packageName = path.basename(packagePath);
+
+  // Determine the packaging format based on the OS
+  const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
+  const archiveFormat = isWindows ? "zip" : "tar";
+  const archiveExtension = isWindows ? "zip" : "tar.gz";
+
+  console.log("Building release archive ...");
+
+  // Ensure that the archive destination directory exists
+  if (!fs.existsSync(archiveDirectory)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(archiveDirectory);
+  }
+
+  // Create the archive file with the same name as the package directory
+  const archiveFileName = `${packageName}.${archiveExtension}`;
+  const archiveFilePath = path.join(archiveDirectory, archiveFileName);
+  const output = fs.createWriteStream(archiveFilePath);
+  const archive = archiver(archiveFormat, { gzip: true });
+
+  output.on("close", () => {
+    console.log(`Created release archive at ${archiveFilePath}`);
+  });
+
+  archive.pipe(output);
+  archive.directory(packagePath, false);
+  archive.finalize();
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  addMetaDataFilesToPackage,
+  buildPackageArchive,
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a7c8018..2f968538 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "electron-forge start",
     "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps",
-    "publish": "electron-forge package && node packager.js",
+    "publish": "electron-forge package",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .ts,.tsx .",
     "test": "jest",
     "test:watch": "jest --watch",
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "@electron-forge/plugin-webpack": "^6.4.2",
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^6.4.2",
     "@svgr/webpack": "^8.1.0",
+    "@timfish/forge-externals-plugin": "^0.2.1",
     "@types/c3": "^0.7.10",
     "@types/d3": "^7.4.2",
     "@types/diff-match-patch": "^1.0.35",
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@
     "@vercel/webpack-asset-relocator-loader": "^1.7.3",
     "css-loader": "^6.8.1",
     "electron": "^28.1.0",
-    "electron-builder": "^24.6.4",
-    "electron-packager": "^17.1.2",
+    "electron-builder": "^24.9.1",
     "eslint": "^8.53.0",
     "eslint-plugin-css-import-order": "^1.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.29.0",
diff --git a/packager.js b/packager.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dd78b50..00000000
--- a/packager.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
-const packager = require("electron-packager");
-const archiver = require("archiver");
-const { packagerConfig } = require("./forge.config.js");
-
-const ARCHIVE_DIR = "dist";
-
-const MetaDataFiles = [
-  "apache-2.0.LICENSE",
-  "AUTHORS.rst",
-  "CHANGELOG.rst",
-  "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst",
-  "CONTRIBUTING.rst",
-  "NOTICE",
-  "package-lock.json",
-  "README.md",
-  "SCANCODE_WORKBENCH_VERSION",
-  "workbench.ABOUT",
-];
-
-const ignoreDir = [
-  "src",
-  "dist",
-  "samples",
-  "test-old",
-  ".github",
-  "docs",
-  "test-db",
-  ".husky",
-  "coverage",
-  "tests",
-  "", // Required as the last element !!
-].join("*|");
-
-const ignoreFilesOrExtensions = [
-  "rst",
-  "py",
-  "md",
-  "txt",
-  "enc",
-  ".test.ts",
-  ".config.js",
-  ".plugins.js",
-  ".rules.js",
-  ".toml",
-  "workbench.ABOUT",
-  "LICENSE",
-  "NOTICE",
-  ".gitignore",
-  ".eslintrc.json",
-  "packager.js",
-  "electron-builder.json",
-  "tsconfig.json",
-  ...MetaDataFiles,
-].join("|");
-
-packager({
-  dir: ".",
-  out: "out",
-  overwrite: true,
-  icon: "src/assets/app-icon/icon",
-  prune: true,
-  name: packagerConfig.name,
-  ignore: new RegExp(`(${ignoreDir}^.*.(${ignoreFilesOrExtensions})$)`),
-  // osxSign: true,
-  // osxSign: {
-  //   identity: 'Developer ID Application: Felix Rieseberg (LT94ZKYDCJ)',
-  //   'hardened-runtime': true,
-  //   entitlements: 'entitlements.plist',
-  //   'entitlements-inherit': 'entitlements.plist',
-  //   'signature-flags': 'library'
-  // },
-  // osxNotarize: {
-  //   appleId: 'felix@felix.fun',
-  //   appleIdPassword: 'my-apple-id-password'
-  // },
-}).then((packagePath) => {
-  // Copy the metadata files to package directory
-  MetaDataFiles.forEach((file) =>
-    fs.copyFileSync(file, `${packagePath}/${file}`)
-  );
-  console.log(`Packaged app at ${packagePath}`);
-
-  buildPackageArchive(packagePath[0]);
-});
-
-/** @param {string} packagePath */
-function buildPackageArchive(packagePath) {
-  // Get the base name of the package directory
-  const packageName = path.basename(packagePath);
-
-  // Determine the packaging format based on the OS
-  const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
-  const archiveFormat = isWindows ? "zip" : "tar";
-  const archiveExtension = isWindows ? "zip" : "tar.gz";
-
-  console.log("Building release archive ...");
-
-  // Ensure that the archive destination directory exists
-  if (!fs.existsSync(ARCHIVE_DIR)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(ARCHIVE_DIR);
-  }
-
-  // Create the archive file with the same name as the package directory
-  const archiveFileName = `${packageName}.${archiveExtension}`;
-  const archiveFilePath = path.join(ARCHIVE_DIR, archiveFileName);
-  const output = fs.createWriteStream(archiveFilePath);
-  const archive = archiver(archiveFormat, { gzip: true });
-
-  output.on("close", () => {
-    console.log(`Created release archive at ${archiveFilePath}`);
-  });
-
-  archive.pipe(output);
-  archive.directory(packagePath, false);
-  archive.finalize();
-}