diff --git a/web3.js/package-lock.json b/web3.js/package-lock.json
index efba3b0183..57d128c203 100644
--- a/web3.js/package-lock.json
+++ b/web3.js/package-lock.json
@@ -20756,9 +20756,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rpc-websockets/-/rpc-websockets-7.4.0.tgz",
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diff --git a/web3.js/package.json b/web3.js/package.json
index 25c46430d9..f730fe4470 100644
--- a/web3.js/package.json
+++ b/web3.js/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
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+    "rpc-websockets": "^7.4.0",
     "superstruct": "^0.8.3",
     "tweetnacl": "^1.0.0",
     "ws": "^7.0.0"