diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e22436a006..7247e7da34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "url-join": "1.1.0",
     "utf-8-validate": "^1.2.1",
     "uuid": "^3.0.0",
-    "ws": "^3.0.0",
+    "ws": "^8.8.0",
     "yargs": "^6.6.0",
     "yauzl": "^2.10.0",
     "zmq": "^2.14.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 78d6ceae67..b39d922b38 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -642,11 +642,6 @@ async-foreach@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-foreach/-/async-foreach-0.1.3.tgz#36121f845c0578172de419a97dbeb1d16ec34542"
 
-async-limiter@~1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-limiter/-/async-limiter-1.0.1.tgz#dd379e94f0db8310b08291f9d64c3209766617fd"
-  integrity sha512-csOlWGAcRFJaI6m+F2WKdnMKr4HhdhFVBk0H/QbJFMCr+uO2kwohwXQPxw/9OCxp05r5ghVBFSyioixx3gfkNQ==
-
 async@^0.9.0, async@~0.9.0:
   version "0.9.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-0.9.2.tgz#aea74d5e61c1f899613bf64bda66d4c78f2fd17d"
@@ -10124,10 +10119,6 @@ ultron@1.0.x:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ultron/-/ultron-1.0.2.tgz#ace116ab557cd197386a4e88f4685378c8b2e4fa"
 
-ultron@~1.1.0:
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ultron/-/ultron-1.1.0.tgz#b07a2e6a541a815fc6a34ccd4533baec307ca864"
-
 unc-path-regex@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unc-path-regex/-/unc-path-regex-0.1.2.tgz#e73dd3d7b0d7c5ed86fbac6b0ae7d8c6a69d50fa"
@@ -10735,14 +10726,10 @@ ws@^1.0.1:
     options ">=0.0.5"
     ultron "1.0.x"
 
-ws@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-3.3.1.tgz#d97e34dee06a1190c61ac1e95f43cb60b78cf939"
-  integrity sha512-8A/uRMnQy8KCQsmep1m7Bk+z/+LIkeF7w+TDMLtX1iZm5Hq9HsUDmgFGaW1ACW5Cj0b2Qo7wCvRhYN2ErUVp/A==
-  dependencies:
-    async-limiter "~1.0.0"
-    safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
-    ultron "~1.1.0"
+ws@^8.8.0:
+  version "8.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.8.0.tgz#8e71c75e2f6348dbf8d78005107297056cb77769"
+  integrity sha512-JDAgSYQ1ksuwqfChJusw1LSJ8BizJ2e/vVu5Lxjq3YvNJNlROv1ui4i+c/kUUrPheBvQl4c5UbERhTwKa6QBJQ==
 
 ws@~7.4.2:
   version "7.4.2"