diff --git a/services/cannon/cannon.cabal b/services/cannon/cannon.cabal
index 840245b0d4d..382b650cdd6 100644
--- a/services/cannon/cannon.cabal
+++ b/services/cannon/cannon.cabal
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ library
         , wai-utilities         >= 0.11
         , wai-websockets        >= 3.0
         , warp                  >= 3.0
-        , websockets            >= 0.9
+        , websockets            >= 0.11
 
 executable cannon
     main-is:            src/Main.hs
diff --git a/services/cannon/src/Cannon/API.hs b/services/cannon/src/Cannon/API.hs
index 49d300e3958..b5d28f84525 100644
--- a/services/cannon/src/Cannon/API.hs
+++ b/services/cannon/src/Cannon/API.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import Network.Wai.Utilities.Server
 import Network.Wai.Utilities.Swagger
 import Network.Wai.Handler.Warp hiding (run)
 import Network.Wai.Handler.WebSockets
-import Network.WebSockets (defaultConnectionOptions)
 import Prelude hiding (head)
 import System.Logger.Class hiding (Error)
 import System.Random.MWC (createSystemRandom)
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ import System.Random.MWC (createSystemRandom)
 import qualified Cannon.Dict                 as D
 import qualified Data.Metrics.Middleware     as Metrics
 import qualified Network.Wai.Middleware.Gzip as Gzip
+import qualified Network.WebSockets          as Ws
 import qualified System.Logger               as Logger
 
 run :: Opts -> IO ()
@@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ await :: UserId ::: ConnId ::: Maybe ClientId ::: Request -> Cannon Response
 await (u ::: a ::: c ::: r) = do
     l <- logger
     e <- wsenv
-    case websocketsApp defaultConnectionOptions (wsapp (mkKey u a) c l e) r of
+    case websocketsApp wsoptions (wsapp (mkKey u a) c l e) r of
         Nothing -> return $ errorRs status426 "request-error" "websocket upgrade required"
         Just rs -> return rs
   where
     status426 = mkStatus 426 "Upgrade Required"
+    wsoptions = Ws.defaultConnectionOptions
+        { Ws.connectionCompressionOptions = Ws.PermessageDeflateCompression Ws.defaultPermessageDeflate
+        , Ws.connectionStrictUnicode      = True
+        }
diff --git a/services/cannon/stack.yaml b/services/cannon/stack.yaml
index 12e6883ca88..8416bb2151d 100644
--- a/services/cannon/stack.yaml
+++ b/services/cannon/stack.yaml
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ extra-deps:
 - data-timeout-0.3
 - text-latin1-0.3
 - text-printer-0.5
+- websockets-0.11.1.0
 extra-package-dbs: []