diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/ThirdPartyNotices.txt b/packages/playwright-core/ThirdPartyNotices.txt
index f0b678af04..3c5a71e20f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/ThirdPartyNotices.txt
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/ThirdPartyNotices.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ This project incorporates components from the projects listed below. The origina
 -	sprintf-js@1.1.3 (https://github.com/alexei/sprintf.js)
 -	stack-utils@2.0.5 (https://github.com/tapjs/stack-utils)
 -	wrappy@1.0.2 (https://github.com/npm/wrappy)
--	ws@8.4.2 (https://github.com/websockets/ws)
+-	ws@8.17.1 (https://github.com/websockets/ws)
 -	yauzl@2.10.0 (https://github.com/thejoshwolfe/yauzl)
 -	yazl@2.5.1 (https://github.com/thejoshwolfe/yazl)
 
@@ -1435,29 +1435,30 @@ IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 =========================================
 END OF wrappy@1.0.2 AND INFORMATION
 
-%% ws@8.4.2 NOTICES AND INFORMATION BEGIN HERE
+%% ws@8.17.1 NOTICES AND INFORMATION BEGIN HERE
 =========================================
 Copyright (c) 2011 Einar Otto Stangvik <einaros@gmail.com>
+Copyright (c) 2013 Arnout Kazemier and contributors
+Copyright (c) 2016 Luigi Pinca and contributors
 
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
 
 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 =========================================
-END OF ws@8.4.2 AND INFORMATION
+END OF ws@8.17.1 AND INFORMATION
 
 %% yauzl@2.10.0 NOTICES AND INFORMATION BEGIN HERE
 =========================================
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
index df01638322..66c4cdae12 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "signal-exit": "3.0.7",
         "socks-proxy-agent": "6.1.1",
         "stack-utils": "2.0.5",
-        "ws": "8.4.2"
+        "ws": "8.17.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",
@@ -399,15 +399,15 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ws": {
-      "version": "8.4.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.4.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Kbk4Nxyq7/ZWqr/tarI9yIt/+iNNFOjBXEWgTb4ydaNHBNGgvf2QHbS9fdfsndfjFlFwEd4Al+mw83YkaD10ZA==",
+      "version": "8.17.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.17.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6XQFvXTkbfUOZOKKILFG1PDK2NDQs4azKQl26T0YS5CxqWLgXajbPZ+h4gZekJyRqFU8pvnbAbbs/3TgRPy+GQ==",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
-        "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2"
+        "utf-8-validate": ">=5.0.2"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
         "bufferutil": {
@@ -702,9 +702,9 @@
       }
     },
     "ws": {
-      "version": "8.4.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.4.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Kbk4Nxyq7/ZWqr/tarI9yIt/+iNNFOjBXEWgTb4ydaNHBNGgvf2QHbS9fdfsndfjFlFwEd4Al+mw83YkaD10ZA==",
+      "version": "8.17.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.17.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6XQFvXTkbfUOZOKKILFG1PDK2NDQs4azKQl26T0YS5CxqWLgXajbPZ+h4gZekJyRqFU8pvnbAbbs/3TgRPy+GQ==",
       "requires": {}
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json
index 786b544a97..8ac0c112fe 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/bundles/utils/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "signal-exit": "3.0.7",
     "socks-proxy-agent": "6.1.1",
     "stack-utils": "2.0.5",
-    "ws": "8.4.2"
+    "ws": "8.17.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",