diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 166ffe14..ea021271 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ unattended-upgrades==0.1
 urllib3==1.23
 virtualenv==15.1.0
 web3==4.5.0
-websockets==5.0.1
+websockets==9.1
 Werkzeug==0.14.1
 wrapt==1.10.11
 zope.interface==4.5.0