diff --git a/web3.js/package-lock.json b/web3.js/package-lock.json
index 35ab1c3c08..79f684db4a 100644
--- a/web3.js/package-lock.json
+++ b/web3.js/package-lock.json
@@ -20859,11 +20859,11 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-6.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-GIyAXC2cB7LjvpgMt9EKS2ldqr0MTrORaleiOno6TweZ6r3TKtoFQWay/2PceJ3RuBasOHzXNn5Lrw1X0bEjqA==",
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cknCal4k0EAOrh1SHHPPWWh4qm93g1IuGGGwBjWkXmCG7LsDtL8w9w+YVfaF+KSVwiHQKDIMsSLBVftKf9d1pg==",
       "requires": {
-        "async-limiter": "~1.0.0"
+        "async-limiter": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
     "xml-name-validator": {
diff --git a/web3.js/package.json b/web3.js/package.json
index f3b2a8a4b0..5d7715124f 100644
--- a/web3.js/package.json
+++ b/web3.js/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "rpc-websockets": "^4.3.3",
     "superstruct": "^0.6.0",
     "tweetnacl": "^1.0.0",
-    "ws": "^6.1.0"
+    "ws": "^7.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.3.3",