diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 282a411d308..2279a9c8c16 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dotenv==1.2.2",
     "pytz==2026.2",
     "uuid-utils==0.17.0",
-    "websockets==15.0.1",
+    "websockets==16.1",
 
     # Server & development tools
     "gunicorn==26.0.0",