diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4f3f0d3e..dab26f4e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
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@@ -15104,15 +15104,15 @@
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@@ -26462,9 +26462,9 @@
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1d1610e..34ae9cc1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
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     "tsyringe": "~4.6.0",
     "win-ca": "^3.5.0",
-    "ws": "~8.1.0",
+    "ws": "~8.16.0",
     "yargs": "~16.2.0"
   },
   "description": "Bright CLI is a CLI tool that can initialize, stop, polling and maintain scans in Bright solutions.",