diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index b54cb5b..d4eec9d 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.29.0
 # HTTP Client
 requests==2.32.4
 httpx==0.27.0
-websockets==12.0
+websockets==16.0
 
 # Data Validation
 pydantic==2.7.1