diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 55c5541..b437e84 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ pytest-mock==3.1.0
 python-dotenv==0.13.0
 scalecodec==1.0.19
 #-e git+https://github.com/CodeForcer/py-scale-codec.git@patch#egg=scalecodec
-websockets==8.1
+websockets==9.1
 xxhash==1.4.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e8aa0bb..1897cbc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 VERSION = "1.0.19"
 
 REQUIRED = [
-    "websockets==8.1",
+    "websockets==9.1",
     "scalecodec==1.0.19",
     "base58==2.0.1",
     "py-bip39-bindings==0.1.6",