diff --git a/desktop/app/package.json b/desktop/app/package.json
index 3dabc365b..9617bd90f 100644
--- a/desktop/app/package.json
+++ b/desktop/app/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     "tmp": "^0.2.1",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "which": "^2.0.1",
-    "ws": "^7.5.2",
+    "ws": "^8.2.1",
     "xdg-basedir": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
diff --git a/desktop/static/package.json b/desktop/static/package.json
index 676934ace..eb2d62f58 100644
--- a/desktop/static/package.json
+++ b/desktop/static/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "mac-ca": "^1.0.6",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
-    "ws": "^7.5.2",
+    "ws": "^8.2.1",
     "xdg-basedir": "^4.0.0",
     "yargs": "^16.2.0"
   }
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index d46ce7899..e619d2d48 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -13523,7 +13523,7 @@ ws@1.1.5, ws@^1.1.5:
     options ">=0.0.5"
     ultron "1.0.x"
 
-ws@^7.4.5, ws@^7.4.6, ws@^7.5.2, ws@~7.4.2:
+ws@^7.4.5, ws@^7.4.6, ws@^8.2.1, ws@~7.4.2:
   version "7.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-7.5.4.tgz#56bfa20b167427e138a7795de68d134fe92e21f9"
   integrity sha512-zP9z6GXm6zC27YtspwH99T3qTG7bBFv2VIkeHstMLrLlDJuzA7tQ5ls3OJ1hOGGCzTQPniNJoHXIAOS0Jljohg==