diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 257d988fbd..62e67dc69a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "cross-spawn": "^6.0.4",
     "cross-spawn-promise": "^0.10.1",
+    "cross-zip": "^2.1.5",
     "debug": "^3.0.0",
     "electron-forge-template-angular2": "^1.0.3",
     "electron-forge-template-react": "^1.0.2",
@@ -70,8 +71,7 @@
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.4",
     "sudo-prompt": "^8.0.0",
     "username": "^3.0.0",
-    "yarn-or-npm": "^2.0.2",
-    "zip-folder": "^1.0.0"
+    "yarn-or-npm": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.0.0-beta.44",
diff --git a/packages/maker/zip/package.json b/packages/maker/zip/package.json
index 2d40d83d0f..0c7bcc2cf2 100644
--- a/packages/maker/zip/package.json
+++ b/packages/maker/zip/package.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "6.0.0-beta.5",
     "@electron-forge/shared-types": "6.0.0-beta.5",
+    "cross-zip": "^2.1.5",
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
-    "pify": "^3.0.0",
-    "zip-folder": "^1.0.0"
+    "pify": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/maker/zip/src/MakerZIP.ts b/packages/maker/zip/src/MakerZIP.ts
index d5158484fd..3653268b2c 100644
--- a/packages/maker/zip/src/MakerZIP.ts
+++ b/packages/maker/zip/src/MakerZIP.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import MakerBase, { MakerOptions } from '@electron-forge/maker-base';
 import { ForgePlatform } from '@electron-forge/shared-types';
 
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 import pify from 'pify';
 
@@ -22,39 +21,15 @@ export default class MakerZIP extends MakerBase<MakerZIPConfig> {
     packageJSON,
     targetPlatform,
   }: MakerOptions) {
-    const zipFolder = require('zip-folder');
+    const zip = require('cross-zip');
+
+    const zipDir = ['darwin', 'mas'].includes(targetPlatform) ? path.resolve(dir, `${appName}.app`) : dir;
 
     const zipPath = path.resolve(makeDir, `${path.basename(dir)}-${packageJSON.version}.zip`);
+
     await this.ensureFile(zipPath);
-    switch (targetPlatform) {
-      case 'win32':
-        await pify(zipFolder)(dir, zipPath);
-        break;
-      case 'mas':
-      case 'darwin':
-        await this.zipPromise(path.resolve(dir, `${appName}.app`), zipPath);
-        break;
-      case 'linux':
-        await this.zipPromise(dir, zipPath);
-        break;
-      default:
-        throw `Unrecognized platform: ${process.platform}`;
-    }
+    await pify(zip)(zipDir, zipPath);
+
     return [zipPath];
   }
-
-  private zipPromise = (from: string, to: string) =>
-    new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-      const child = spawn('zip', ['-r', '-y', to, path.basename(from)], {
-        cwd: path.dirname(from),
-      });
-
-      child.stdout.on('data', () => {});
-      child.stderr.on('data', () => {});
-
-      child.on('close', (code) => {
-        if (code === 0) return resolve();
-        reject(new Error(`Failed to zip, exited with code: ${code}`));
-      });
-    });
 }