diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e62b072936..4e39f5fef2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ six>=1.9.0  # MIT
 python-dateutil>=2.5.3  # BSD
 setuptools>=21.0.0  # PSF/ZPL
 pyyaml>=5.4.1  # MIT
-websocket-client>=0.32.0,!=0.40.0,!=0.41.*,!=0.42.* # LGPLv2+
+websocket-client!=0.40.0,!=0.41.0.dev,!=0.42.0.dev,>=1.9.0 # LGPLv2+
 requests # Apache-2.0
 requests-oauthlib # ISC
 urllib3>=1.24.2,!=2.6.0 # MIT