diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c3d0ca76..4af73aa0 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ urllib3==2.6.3
 uvicorn==0.40.0
 uvloop==0.22.1
 watchfiles==1.1.1
-websockets==15.0.1
+websockets==16.0