diff --git a/helix_code/requirements.txt b/helix_code/requirements.txt
index f73d906..1be1312 100644
--- a/helix_code/requirements.txt
+++ b/helix_code/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 fastapi>=0.100.0
 uvicorn>=0.23.0
-websockets>=11.0
+websockets>=16.0
 google-genai>=0.1.0
 google-cloud-speech>=2.21.0
 google-cloud-pubsub>=2.18.0