diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3167cbd9..fa1ecfed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ py_ecc==1.4.3
 eth-hash[pycryptodome]==0.1.4
 pytest-timeout==1.3.3
 cachetools==3.1.1
-websockets==8.0.2
+websockets==9.1
 
 # p2p
 pytest>=3.6,<3.7