diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index 2f9d54f7..ecca8941 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ reportlab==4.0.*
 requests==2.31.*
 sentry-sdk==1.30.*
 tqdm==4.66.*
-websockets==11.*
+websockets==12.*
 xlrd~=1.2.0  # do not update, 2.x does not support .xlsx, only .xls
 
 # deploy