diff --git a/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/package.json b/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/package.json
index e845361914..c549e24348 100644
--- a/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/package.json
+++ b/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@nymproject/nym-client-wasm": "file:../../../dist/node/wasm/client",
     "indexeddbshim": "^13.0.0-pre.1",
-    "ws": "^8.13.0"
+    "ws": "^8.17.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/yarn.lock b/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/yarn.lock
index 0c9690796c..ee488c0a12 100644
--- a/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/yarn.lock
+++ b/wasm/client/internal-dev-node/yarn.lock
@@ -888,10 +888,10 @@ wrappy@1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz#b5243d8f3ec1aa35f1364605bc0d1036e30ab69f"
   integrity sha512-l4Sp/DRseor9wL6EvV2+TuQn63dMkPjZ/sp9XkghTEbV9KlPS1xUsZ3u7/IQO4wxtcFB4bgpQPRcR3QCvezPcQ==
 
-ws@^8.13.0:
-  version "8.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.13.0.tgz#9a9fb92f93cf41512a0735c8f4dd09b8a1211cd0"
-  integrity sha512-x9vcZYTrFPC7aSIbj7sRCYo7L/Xb8Iy+pW0ng0wt2vCJv7M9HOMy0UoN3rr+IFC7hb7vXoqS+P9ktyLLLhO+LA==
+ws@^8.17.1:
+  version "8.17.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.17.1.tgz#9293da530bb548febc95371d90f9c878727d919b"
+  integrity sha512-6XQFvXTkbfUOZOKKILFG1PDK2NDQs4azKQl26T0YS5CxqWLgXajbPZ+h4gZekJyRqFU8pvnbAbbs/3TgRPy+GQ==
 
 yallist@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"