diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4abb5c407..2390a136e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     "uuid": "^3.3.2",
     "websocket": "^1.0.24",
     "which": "^1.3.1",
-    "ws": "^6.1.2",
+    "ws": "^7.0.0",
     "xml2js": "^0.4.19",
     "yargs": "^13.2.2",
     "yazl": "^2.5.1"
diff --git a/static/package.json b/static/package.json
index 161b45230..bbb73ef0d 100644
--- a/static/package.json
+++ b/static/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "metro": "^0.49.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "recursive-readdir": "2.2.2",
+    "ws": "7.0.0",
     "xdg-basedir": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
diff --git a/static/yarn.lock b/static/yarn.lock
index decee224a..d30266a2f 100644
--- a/static/yarn.lock
+++ b/static/yarn.lock
@@ -873,6 +873,11 @@ assign-symbols@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/assign-symbols/-/assign-symbols-1.0.0.tgz#59667f41fadd4f20ccbc2bb96b8d4f7f78ec0367"
   integrity sha1-WWZ/QfrdTyDMvCu5a41Pf3jsA2c=
 
+async-limiter@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-limiter/-/async-limiter-1.0.0.tgz#78faed8c3d074ab81f22b4e985d79e8738f720f8"
+  integrity sha512-jp/uFnooOiO+L211eZOoSyzpOITMXx1rBITauYykG3BRYPu8h0UcxsPNB04RR5vo4Tyz3+ay17tR6JVf9qzYWg==
+
 async@^2.4.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-2.6.0.tgz#61a29abb6fcc026fea77e56d1c6ec53a795951f4"
@@ -3318,6 +3323,13 @@ write-file-atomic@^1.2.0:
     imurmurhash "^0.1.4"
     slide "^1.1.5"
 
+ws@7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-7.0.0.tgz#79351cbc3f784b3c20d0821baf4b4ff809ffbf51"
+  integrity sha512-cknCal4k0EAOrh1SHHPPWWh4qm93g1IuGGGwBjWkXmCG7LsDtL8w9w+YVfaF+KSVwiHQKDIMsSLBVftKf9d1pg==
+  dependencies:
+    async-limiter "^1.0.0"
+
 ws@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-1.1.5.tgz#cbd9e6e75e09fc5d2c90015f21f0c40875e0dd51"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2cf0f06cc..c58782cff 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ async-exit-hook@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-exit-hook/-/async-exit-hook-2.0.1.tgz#8bd8b024b0ec9b1c01cccb9af9db29bd717dfaf3"
 
-async-limiter@~1.0.0:
+async-limiter@^1.0.0, async-limiter@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-limiter/-/async-limiter-1.0.0.tgz#78faed8c3d074ab81f22b4e985d79e8738f720f8"
 
@@ -8134,12 +8134,12 @@ ws@^5.2.0:
   dependencies:
     async-limiter "~1.0.0"
 
-ws@^6.1.2:
-  version "6.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-6.1.2.tgz#3cc7462e98792f0ac679424148903ded3b9c3ad8"
-  integrity sha512-rfUqzvz0WxmSXtJpPMX2EeASXabOrSMk1ruMOV3JBTBjo4ac2lDjGGsbQSyxj8Odhw5fBib8ZKEjDNvgouNKYw==
+ws@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-7.0.0.tgz#79351cbc3f784b3c20d0821baf4b4ff809ffbf51"
+  integrity sha512-cknCal4k0EAOrh1SHHPPWWh4qm93g1IuGGGwBjWkXmCG7LsDtL8w9w+YVfaF+KSVwiHQKDIMsSLBVftKf9d1pg==
   dependencies:
-    async-limiter "~1.0.0"
+    async-limiter "^1.0.0"
 
 ws@~3.3.1:
   version "3.3.3"