diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 59aa301ee19..54f96cc31d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ webencodings==0.5.1
     # via
     #   bleach
     #   tinycss2
-websockets==16.1.1
+websockets==17.0
     # via
     #   qcodes (pyproject.toml)
     #   qcodes