diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 254b884..dcd341b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.2.6
+-) Updated websockets to 9.1
+
 1.2.5
 -) Adjusted get_order_history() rest endpoint
 
diff --git a/bfxapi/version.py b/bfxapi/version.py
index 946288f..a663868 100644
--- a/bfxapi/version.py
+++ b/bfxapi/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 This module contains the current version of the bfxapi lib
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.2.5'
+__version__ = '1.2.6'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f06c18..b579314 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 asyncio==3.4.3
-websockets==8.1
+websockets==9.1
 pylint==2.3.0
 pytest-asyncio==0.15.1
 six==1.12.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8fba16c..69f5e2e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from os import path
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 setup(
     name='bitfinex-api-py',
-    version='1.2.5',
+    version='1.2.6',
     description='Official Bitfinex Python API',
     long_description='A Python reference implementation of the Bitfinex API for both REST and websocket interaction',
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ setup(
     # deps installed by pip
     install_requires=[
         'asyncio~=3.0',
-        'websockets~=8.0',
+        'websockets>=8,<10',
         'aiohttp~=3.0',
         'pyee~=8.0'
     ],