diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94239f0e92..e5aa7dc126 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "url-join": "1.1.0",
     "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.0",
     "uuid": "^3.0.0",
-    "ws": "^3.0.0",
+    "ws": "^8.12.0",
     "yargs": "^6.6.0",
     "yauzl": "^2.10.0",
     "zeromq": "^5.0.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bc7277e675..7f95d53b7f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9219,11 +9219,11 @@ safe-buffer@5.1.1:
   version "5.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz"
 
-safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@>=5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1, safe-buffer@~5.1.2:
+safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1, safe-buffer@~5.1.2:
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz"
 
-safe-buffer@5.2.1, safe-buffer@^5.2.0, safe-buffer@^5.2.1, safe-buffer@~5.2.0:
+safe-buffer@5.2.1, safe-buffer@>=5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@^5.2.0, safe-buffer@^5.2.1, safe-buffer@~5.2.0:
   version "5.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz"
 
@@ -11440,7 +11440,11 @@ ws@^1.0.1:
     options ">=0.0.5"
     ultron "1.0.x"
 
-ws@^3.0.0, ws@~3.3.1:
+ws@^8.12.0:
+  version "8.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.12.0.tgz#485074cc392689da78e1828a9ff23585e06cddd8"
+
+ws@~3.3.1:
   version "3.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-3.3.3.tgz"
   dependencies: