diff --git a/src/protocols.csv b/src/protocols.csv
index ec9ad5d9..0f9e1ea9 100644
--- a/src/protocols.csv
+++ b/src/protocols.csv
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ code	size	name
 421	V	ipfs
 480	0	http
 443	0	https
-477	0	websockets
+477	0	ws
 444	10	onion
diff --git a/src/protocols.js b/src/protocols.js
index 9e6d1030..39f07b02 100644
--- a/src/protocols.js
+++ b/src/protocols.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Protocols.table = [
   [421, Protocols.lengthPrefixedVarSize, 'ipfs'],
   [480, 0, 'http'],
   [443, 0, 'https'],
-  [477, 0, 'websockets']
+  [477, 0, 'ws']
 ]
 
 Protocols.names = {}
diff --git a/test/convert.spec.js b/test/convert.spec.js
index f6b47edc..7304fee4 100644
--- a/test/convert.spec.js
+++ b/test/convert.spec.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('convert', () => {
   describe('.toBuffer', () => {
     it('defaults to hex conversion', () => {
       expect(
-        convert.toBuffer('websockets', 'c0a80001')
+        convert.toBuffer('ws', 'c0a80001')
       ).to.be.eql(
         new Buffer([192, 168, 0, 1])
       )
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('convert', () => {
 
     it('defaults to hex conversion', () => {
       expect(
-        convert.toString('websockets', new Buffer([192, 168, 0, 1]))
+        convert.toString('ws', new Buffer([192, 168, 0, 1]))
       ).to.be.eql(
         'c0a80001'
       )
diff --git a/test/index.spec.js b/test/index.spec.js
index 71dfdb8c..e0582264 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/index.spec.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe('manipulation', () => {
     const ipfsAddr = multiaddr('/ipfs/QmcgpsyWgH8Y8ajJz1Cu72KnS5uo2Aa2LpzU7kinSupNKC')
     const ip6Addr = multiaddr('/ip6/2001:8a0:7ac5:4201:3ac9:86ff:fe31:7095')
     const tcpAddr = multiaddr('/tcp/8000')
-    const webAddr = multiaddr('/websockets')
+    const webAddr = multiaddr('/ws')
 
     expect(
       multiaddr('/')
@@ -258,21 +258,21 @@ describe('variants', () => {
   })
 
   it('ip4 + tcp + websockets', () => {
-    const str = '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8000/websockets'
+    const str = '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8000/ws'
     const addr = multiaddr(str)
     expect(addr).to.have.property('buffer')
     expect(addr.toString()).to.equal(str)
   })
 
   it('ip6 + tcp + websockets', () => {
-    const str = '/ip6/2001:8a0:7ac5:4201:3ac9:86ff:fe31:7095/tcp/8000/websockets'
+    const str = '/ip6/2001:8a0:7ac5:4201:3ac9:86ff:fe31:7095/tcp/8000/ws'
     const addr = multiaddr(str)
     expect(addr).to.have.property('buffer')
     expect(addr.toString()).to.equal(str)
   })
 
   it('ip6 + tcp + websockets + ipfs', () => {
-    const str = '/ip6/2001:8a0:7ac5:4201:3ac9:86ff:fe31:7095/tcp/8000/websockets/ipfs/QmcgpsyWgH8Y8ajJz1Cu72KnS5uo2Aa2LpzU7kinSupNKC'
+    const str = '/ip6/2001:8a0:7ac5:4201:3ac9:86ff:fe31:7095/tcp/8000/ws/ipfs/QmcgpsyWgH8Y8ajJz1Cu72KnS5uo2Aa2LpzU7kinSupNKC'
     const addr = multiaddr(str)
     expect(addr).to.have.property('buffer')
     expect(addr.toString()).to.equal(str)