diff --git a/packages/opal-client/requires.txt b/packages/opal-client/requires.txt
index e29158b9..0fb2499e 100644
--- a/packages/opal-client/requires.txt
+++ b/packages/opal-client/requires.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ aiofiles>=0.8.0,<1
 aiohttp>=3.9.2,<4
 psutil>=5.9.1,<6
 tenacity>=8.0.1,<9
-websockets>=10.3,<11
 dpath>=2.1.5,<3
 jsonpatch>=1.33,<2
diff --git a/packages/opal-server/requires.txt b/packages/opal-server/requires.txt
index 3a78295d..ff3e5cb1 100644
--- a/packages/opal-server/requires.txt
+++ b/packages/opal-server/requires.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ click>=8.1.3,<9
 permit-broadcaster[postgres,redis,kafka]==0.2.5
 gitpython>=3.1.32,<4
 pyjwt[crypto]>=2.1.0,<3
-websockets>=10.3,<11
 slowapi>=0.1.5,<1
 # slowapi is stuck on and old `redis`, so fix that and switch from aioredis to redis
 pygit2>=1.14.1,<1.15
diff --git a/packages/requires.txt b/packages/requires.txt
index e37ccd55..7c586c79 100644
--- a/packages/requires.txt
+++ b/packages/requires.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ typer>=0.4.1,<1
 fastapi>=0.109.1,<1
 fastapi_websocket_pubsub==0.3.7
 fastapi_websocket_rpc==0.1.27
+websockets>=10.3,<14
 gunicorn>=22.0.0,<23
 pydantic[email]>=1.9.1,<2
 typing-extensions;python_version<'3.8'