diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
index dc5de8c8aa4db..48b0d250f4b43 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "rimraf": "^4.0.0",
         "socks-proxy-agent": "6.2.1",
         "stack-utils": "2.0.5",
-        "ws": "8.8.1"
+        "ws": "^8.17.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",
@@ -464,15 +464,16 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ws": {
-      "version": "8.8.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.8.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-bGy2JzvzkPowEJV++hF07hAD6niYSr0JzBNo/J29WsB57A2r7Wlc1UFcTR9IzrPvuNVO4B8LGqF8qcpsVOhJCA==",
+      "version": "8.17.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.17.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6XQFvXTkbfUOZOKKILFG1PDK2NDQs4azKQl26T0YS5CxqWLgXajbPZ+h4gZekJyRqFU8pvnbAbbs/3TgRPy+GQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
-        "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2"
+        "utf-8-validate": ">=5.0.2"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
         "bufferutil": {
@@ -820,9 +821,9 @@
       }
     },
     "ws": {
-      "version": "8.8.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.8.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-bGy2JzvzkPowEJV++hF07hAD6niYSr0JzBNo/J29WsB57A2r7Wlc1UFcTR9IzrPvuNVO4B8LGqF8qcpsVOhJCA==",
+      "version": "8.17.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.17.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6XQFvXTkbfUOZOKKILFG1PDK2NDQs4azKQl26T0YS5CxqWLgXajbPZ+h4gZekJyRqFU8pvnbAbbs/3TgRPy+GQ==",
       "requires": {}
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json
index 853776a5c610e..ef3bc1881a737 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^4.0.0",
     "socks-proxy-agent": "6.2.1",
     "stack-utils": "2.0.5",
-    "ws": "8.8.1"
+    "ws": "8.17.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",