diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41213a1c0..c6879d1e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         "through": "2.2.0",
         "tmp": "~0.0.20",
         "uglify-js": "~2.6.2",
-        "ws": "1.0.1",
+        "ws": "8.17.1",
         "read": "~1.0.5",
         "form-data": "~0.2.0",
         "chai": "~1.5.0",