diff --git a/fmu-executor/requirements.txt b/fmu-executor/requirements.txt
index b97c984..c25f00c 100644
--- a/fmu-executor/requirements.txt
+++ b/fmu-executor/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fastapi>=0.141.1,<1
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.52.0,<1
 fmpy>=0.3.30,<1
-websockets>=17.0,<18
+websockets>=17.0.1,<18
 pydantic>=2.13.4,<3