diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 120e23b293..dd83337842 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "url-join": "1.1.0",
     "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.0",
     "uuid": "^3.0.0",
-    "ws": "^3.0.0",
+    "ws": "^8.16.0",
     "yargs": "^6.6.0",
     "yauzl": "^2.10.0",
     "zeromq": "^5.0.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dd5e4ff811..1ea2739176 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9792,12 +9792,12 @@ safe-buffer@5.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-kKvNJn6Mm93gAczWVJg7wH+wGYWNrDHdWvpUmHyEsgCtIwwo3bqPtV4tR5tuPaUhTOo/kvhVwd8XwwOllGYkbg==
 
-safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@>=5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1, safe-buffer@~5.1.2:
+safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1, safe-buffer@~5.1.2:
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-Gd2UZBJDkXlY7GbJxfsE8/nvKkUEU1G38c1siN6QP6a9PT9MmHB8GnpscSmMJSoF8LOIrt8ud/wPtojys4G6+g==
 
-safe-buffer@5.2.1, safe-buffer@^5.2.0, safe-buffer@^5.2.1, safe-buffer@~5.2.0:
+safe-buffer@5.2.1, safe-buffer@>=5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@^5.2.0, safe-buffer@^5.2.1, safe-buffer@~5.2.0:
   version "5.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-rp3So07KcdmmKbGvgaNxQSJr7bGVSVk5S9Eq1F+ppbRo70+YeaDxkw5Dd8NPN+GD6bjnYm2VuPuCXmpuYvmCXQ==
@@ -12164,7 +12164,12 @@ ws@^1.0.1:
     options ">=0.0.5"
     ultron "1.0.x"
 
-ws@^3.0.0, ws@~3.3.1:
+ws@^8.16.0:
+  version "8.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.16.0.tgz#d1cd774f36fbc07165066a60e40323eab6446fd4"
+  integrity sha512-HS0c//TP7Ina87TfiPUz1rQzMhHrl/SG2guqRcTOIUYD2q8uhUdNHZYJUaQ8aTGPzCh+c6oawMKW35nFl1dxyQ==
+
+ws@~3.3.1:
   version "3.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-3.3.3.tgz"
   integrity sha512-nnWLa/NwZSt4KQJu51MYlCcSQ5g7INpOrOMt4XV8j4dqTXdmlUmSHQ8/oLC069ckre0fRsgfvsKwbTdtKLCDkA==