diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29dcc245..5a5f1e50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "safe-buffer": "^5.0.0",
     "simple-get": "^3.0.0",
     "simple-peer": "^9.0.0",
-    "simple-websocket": "^7.0.1",
+    "simple-websocket": "^8.0.0",
     "string2compact": "^1.1.1",
     "uniq": "^1.0.1",
     "unordered-array-remove": "^1.0.2",