diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3cd8a6..6c7966d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "libp2p-spdy": "~0.10.6",
     "libp2p-swarm": "~0.29.1",
     "libp2p-webrtc-star": "~0.11.0",
-    "libp2p-websockets": "~0.10.0",
+    "libp2p-websockets": "~0.16.2",
     "mafmt": "^2.1.8",
     "multiaddr": "^2.3.0",
     "peer-book": "~0.4.0",