diff --git a/app/WebServer.js b/app/WebServer.js
index ebc3a14..368e0fa 100644
--- a/app/WebServer.js
+++ b/app/WebServer.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   Creates the WebServer which serves the static assets and communicates with the clients
   via WebSockets
 */
-import WebSocket from 'ws'
+import { WebSocket, WebSocketServer } from 'ws'
 import finalhandler from 'finalhandler'
 import http from 'http'
 import serveStatic from 'serve-static'
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function createWebServer () {
     log.info(`webserver running on port ${port}`)
   })
 
-  const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server })
+  const wss = new WebSocketServer({ server })
 
   wss.on('connection', function connection (ws) {
     log.debug('websocket client connected')
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7571cf0..42bfdce 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5077,6 +5077,12 @@
           "requires": {
             "ansi-regex": "^5.0.1"
           }
+        },
+        "ws": {
+          "version": "7.5.5",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.5.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-BAkMFcAzl8as1G/hArkxOxq3G7pjUqQ3gzYbLL0/5zNkph70e+lCoxBGnm6AW1+/aiNeV4fnKqZ8m4GZewmH2w==",
+          "dev": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -5642,9 +5648,9 @@
       }
     },
     "ws": {
-      "version": "7.5.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BAkMFcAzl8as1G/hArkxOxq3G7pjUqQ3gzYbLL0/5zNkph70e+lCoxBGnm6AW1+/aiNeV4fnKqZ8m4GZewmH2w=="
+      "version": "8.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wBuoj1BDpC6ZQ1B7DWQBYVLphPWkm8i9Y0/3YdHjHKHiohOJ1ws+3OccDWtH+PoC9DZD5WOTrJvNbWvjS6JWaA=="
     },
     "xml2js": {
       "version": "0.4.23",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b218c7..4cca404 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "nosleep.js": "^0.12.0",
     "onoff": "^6.0.3",
     "serve-static": "^1.14.1",
-    "ws": "^7.5.5",
+    "ws": "^8.2.3",
     "xml2js": "^0.4.23"
   },
   "devDependencies": {