diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1b1fd75..a893f0a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ typing-extensions==3.7.4.1  # via web3
 urllib3==1.25.7           # via requests
 varint==1.0.2             # via multiaddr, py-multicodec, py-multihash
 web3==5.4.0
-websockets==8.1           # via web3
+websockets==9.1           # via web3
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # setuptools