diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 21b0889..49238e9 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ txaio==18.8.1
 typing-extensions==3.7.4
 vine==1.3.0
 websocket-client==0.56.0 # need this for now to profile and find speedups
-websockets==8.0.2
+websockets==9.1
 whitenoise==4.1.3  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 xlrd==1.2.0
 XlsxWriter==1.2.9