diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f45cab41..20a26c3fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ docker>=2.4.2 # Apache-2.0
 netaddr>=0.7.18 # BSD
 neutron-lib>=1.13.0 # Apache-2.0
 websockify>=0.8.0 # LGPLv3
-websocket-client>=0.33.0 # LGPLv2+
+websocket-client>=0.44.0 # LGPLv2+