diff --git a/packaging/requirements.txt b/packaging/requirements.txt
index c5c57d7..9fb3d37 100644
--- a/packaging/requirements.txt
+++ b/packaging/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Build-time dependencies for packaging/build.py (see .github/workflows/build-desktop.yml).
 # websockets must match what bridge.py expects (>= 14 uses the single-arg handler API).
-websockets>=17.0.1
+websockets>=17.1
 pyinstaller>=6.0