diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index acedf80..7a9c0d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 django-model-utils==4.0.0
 # Additional requirements go here
 django-braces==1.14.0
-websockets==8.1
+websockets==9.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 703747b..c50dfa9
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def get_version(*file_paths):
     ],
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=["django-model-utils>=2.6.1","django-braces>=1.10.0",
-                      "websockets==8.1"],
+                      "websockets==9.1"],
     license="ISCL",
     zip_safe=False,
     keywords='django-private-chat',