diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index 9c92fa239..21ee022af 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-jose",
     "passlib",
     "websocket-client>=1.5.0",
-    "websockets>=12.0",
+    "websockets>=16.0",
     "requests-html>=0.10.0",
     "py3cw>=0.0.39",
     "apscheduler>=3.6.3",