diff --git a/src/e2e_orchestrator/requirements.in b/src/e2e_orchestrator/requirements.in
index 2b34cad189fd9e9950589c0dfd4b4f40cf50c8b3..c9286e2e13add39d977957141cedfae8e23e4f72 100644
--- a/src/e2e_orchestrator/requirements.in
+++ b/src/e2e_orchestrator/requirements.in
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 networkx==3.2.1
 python-socketio==5.12.1
 requests==2.27.*
-#websockets==12.0
+websocket-client==1.8.0     # used by socketio to upgrate to websocket