diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c48765e69cd..abd4c737d74 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ webencodings==0.5.1
     # via
     #   bleach
     #   tinycss2
-websockets==17.2
+websockets==17.3
     # via
     #   qcodes (pyproject.toml)
     #   qcodes