diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83e6527545..06145df3e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-tungstenite 0.18.0",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
  "tokio-util",
  "toml 0.7.6",
  "unsigned-varint",
@@ -4175,15 +4175,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "input_buffer"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f97967975f448f1a7ddb12b0bc41069d09ed6a1c161a92687e057325db35d413"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "instant"
 version = "0.1.12"
@@ -6243,7 +6234,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tap",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-tungstenite 0.14.0",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -6286,8 +6277,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "time 0.3.25",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tokio-tungstenite 0.14.0",
- "tungstenite 0.13.0",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tungstenite",
  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
@@ -6587,7 +6578,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tokio-tungstenite 0.14.0",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
  "tokio-util",
  "url",
  "zeroize",
@@ -6616,8 +6607,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tokio-tungstenite 0.14.0",
- "tungstenite 0.13.0",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tungstenite",
  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
@@ -6642,7 +6633,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
- "tungstenite 0.13.0",
+ "tungstenite",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -6875,7 +6866,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-tungstenite 0.17.2",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -9722,17 +9713,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "opaque-debug 0.3.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha-1"
-version = "0.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f5058ada175748e33390e40e872bd0fe59a19f265d0158daa551c5a88a76009c"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest 0.10.7",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -9969,7 +9949,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httparse",
  "log",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "sha-1 0.9.8",
+ "sha-1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10829,46 +10809,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tungstenite"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.20.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e96bb520beab540ab664bd5a9cfeaa1fcd846fa68c830b42e2c8963071251d2"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-util",
- "log",
- "pin-project",
- "tokio",
- "tungstenite 0.13.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-tungstenite"
-version = "0.17.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f714dd15bead90401d77e04243611caec13726c2408afd5b31901dfcdcb3b181"
+checksum = "212d5dcb2a1ce06d81107c3d0ffa3121fe974b73f068c8282cb1c32328113b6c"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "log",
  "tokio",
- "tungstenite 0.17.3",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-tungstenite"
-version = "0.18.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "54319c93411147bced34cb5609a80e0a8e44c5999c93903a81cd866630ec0bfd"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-util",
- "log",
- "tokio",
- "tungstenite 0.18.0",
+ "tungstenite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.8"
+version = "0.7.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "806fe8c2c87eccc8b3267cbae29ed3ab2d0bd37fca70ab622e46aaa9375ddb7d"
+checksum = "1d68074620f57a0b21594d9735eb2e98ab38b17f80d3fcb189fca266771ca60d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -11255,52 +11210,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tungstenite"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.20.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5fe8dada8c1a3aeca77d6b51a4f1314e0f4b8e438b7b1b71e3ddaca8080e4093"
+checksum = "9e3dac10fd62eaf6617d3a904ae222845979aec67c615d1c842b4002c7666fb9"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.13.1",
- "byteorder",
- "bytes",
- "http",
- "httparse",
- "input_buffer",
- "log",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "sha-1 0.9.8",
- "thiserror",
- "url",
- "utf-8",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tungstenite"
-version = "0.17.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e27992fd6a8c29ee7eef28fc78349aa244134e10ad447ce3b9f0ac0ed0fa4ce0"
-dependencies = [
- "base64 0.13.1",
- "byteorder",
- "bytes",
- "http",
- "httparse",
- "log",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "sha-1 0.10.1",
- "thiserror",
- "url",
- "utf-8",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tungstenite"
-version = "0.18.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30ee6ab729cd4cf0fd55218530c4522ed30b7b6081752839b68fcec8d0960788"
-dependencies = [
- "base64 0.13.1",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
+ "data-encoding",
  "http",
  "httparse",
  "log",
@@ -11856,7 +11772,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gloo-net",
  "gloo-utils",
  "js-sys",
- "tungstenite 0.13.0",
+ "tungstenite",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
@@ -12114,7 +12030,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rtcp",
  "rtp",
- "sha-1 0.9.8",
+ "sha-1",
  "subtle 2.4.1",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 886b9a70f3..96014d8f6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ tap = "1.0.1"
 tendermint-rpc = "0.32" # same version as used by cosmrs
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
 tokio = "1.24.1"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.20.1"
+tungstenite = { version = "0.20.1", default-features = false }
 ts-rs = "7.0.0"
 url = "2.4"
 zeroize = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/clients/native/Cargo.toml b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
index 8e025c7e09..57df3570b3 100644
--- a/clients/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/d
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tap = "1.0.1"
-tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] } # async runtime
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.14" # websocket
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] } # async runtime
+tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }
 
 ## internal
 nym-bandwidth-controller = { path = "../../common/bandwidth-controller" }
diff --git a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
index a98eb783ab..cd17b7e979 100644
--- a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.6"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-tungstenite = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false }
+tungstenite = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"]}
 time = "0.3.17"
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ workspace = true
 features = ["time"]
 
 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.tokio-tungstenite]
-version = "0.14"
+version = "0.20.1"
 
 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.sqlx]
 version = "0.6.2"
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
index f859b648d2..0840d5882f 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 
 [dependencies.tungstenite]
-version = "0.13"
+workspace = true
 default-features = false
 
 # non-wasm-only dependencies
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 features = ["net", "sync", "time"]
 
 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.tokio-tungstenite]
-version = "0.14"
+workspace = true
 
 # wasm-only dependencies
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.wasm-bindgen]
diff --git a/common/wasm/utils/Cargo.toml b/common/wasm/utils/Cargo.toml
index ac4d1da56a..5d95fe8082 100644
--- a/common/wasm/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/wasm/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gloo-net = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["websocket"], optional = true }
 
 # we don't want entire tokio-tungstenite, tungstenite itself is just fine - we just want message and error enums
 [dependencies.tungstenite]
-version = "0.13"
+workspace = true
 default-features = false
 optional = true
 
diff --git a/ephemera/Cargo.toml b/ephemera/Cargo.toml
index 50743df2fe..95cd7daab2 100644
--- a/ephemera/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ephemera/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ serde_derive = "1.0.149"
 serde_json = "1.0.91"
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "net","rt-multi-thread"] }
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.18.0"
+tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["full"] }
 toml = "0.7.0"
 unsigned-varint = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 1dd1531099..d4f0930d3d 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ subtle-encoding = { version = "0.5", features = ["bech32-preview"] }
 thiserror = "1"
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = [ "rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal", "fs", "time" ] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.11", features = ["fs"] }
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.14"
+tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.20.1" }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["codec"] }
 url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
index dcd8ad3743..df6c59414a 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ nym-coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface" }
 nym-credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials" }
 
 [dependencies.tungstenite]
-version = "0.13.0"
+workspace = true
 default-features = false
 
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
index 7e63ac74c1..0cd084f931 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "chrono"]}
 tap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "1.0"
-tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = [ "net", "rt-multi-thread", "macros" ] }
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.17.2"
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = [ "net", "rt-multi-thread", "macros" ] }
+tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 
 # internal