diff --git a/biobert_ner/requirements.txt b/biobert_ner/requirements.txt
index 8767869..79386a5 100644
--- a/biobert_ner/requirements.txt
+++ b/biobert_ner/requirements.txt
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ typing-extensions==3.7.2
 urllib3==1.24.1
 uvicorn==0.4.6
 uvloop==0.12.1
-websockets==7.0
+websockets==9.1
 yarl==1.3.0
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