diff --git a/requirements-frozen.txt b/requirements-frozen.txt
index 1b8f4d0..eff346a 100644
--- a/requirements-frozen.txt
+++ b/requirements-frozen.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ sanic-jinja2==0.7.2
 ujson==1.35
 urllib3==1.24.2
 uvloop==0.11.3
-websockets==6.0
+websockets==9.1
 yarl==1.3.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 30f1f0b..9395867 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ aiohttp
 aiofiles
 peewee
 sanic-jinja2
-websockets<6.0
+websockets<10.0
 
 # cli
 argh