diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 2dc05bbc8..6dd3adb25 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "typeorm": "0.2.34",
     "url-parse": "^1.5.1",
     "web-did-resolver": "2.0.4",
-    "ws": "^7.4.1",
+    "ws": "^8.0.0",
     "yaml": "^1.10.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1dbbaa83a..5c795151b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10602,11 +10602,16 @@ ws@7.4.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-7.4.6.tgz#5654ca8ecdeee47c33a9a4bf6d28e2be2980377c"
   integrity sha512-YmhHDO4MzaDLB+M9ym/mDA5z0naX8j7SIlT8f8z+I0VtzsRbekxEutHSme7NPS2qE8StCYQNUnfWdXta/Yu85A==
 
-ws@^7.4.1, ws@^7.4.5:
+ws@^7.4.5:
   version "7.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-7.5.3.tgz#160835b63c7d97bfab418fc1b8a9fced2ac01a74"
   integrity sha512-kQ/dHIzuLrS6Je9+uv81ueZomEwH0qVYstcAQ4/Z93K8zeko9gtAbttJWzoC5ukqXY1PpoouV3+VSOqEAFt5wg==
 
+ws@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.0.0.tgz#550605d13dfc1437c9ec1396975709c6d7ffc57d"
+  integrity sha512-6AcSIXpBlS0QvCVKk+3cWnWElLsA6SzC0lkQ43ciEglgXJXiCWK3/CGFEJ+Ybgp006CMibamAsqOlxE9s4AvYA==
+
 xml-name-validator@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xml-name-validator/-/xml-name-validator-3.0.0.tgz#6ae73e06de4d8c6e47f9fb181f78d648ad457c6a"