diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 7e9478987..490c0203e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
 python-dotenv==1.1.1
 
 # WebSockets
-websockets==16.0
+websockets==16.1
 
 # HTTP Client (used by crewai/openai)
 httpx==0.28.1