diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4335c2af..44272e695 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pettingzoo>=1.24.3",
     "requests>=2.32.3",
     "tabulate>=0.9.0",
-    "websockets==15.0.1",
+    "websockets==16.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]