diff --git a/requirements-ci.txt b/requirements-ci.txt
index 46e125c..4dbfbba 100644
--- a/requirements-ci.txt
+++ b/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ attrs
 plyvel
 pylru
 aiohttp>=3.3,<4.0
-websockets>=10.0,<16.0
+websockets>=16.0,<17.0
 psutil
 cbor2>=5.4.0
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5c713ee..27bb5ed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ attrs
 plyvel
 pylru
 aiohttp>=3.3,<4.0
-websockets>=10.0,<14.0
+websockets>=16.0,<17.0
 psutil
 python-rocksdb<=0.7.0
 cbor2>=5.4.0