diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 01307a8a2..47b8a474c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         "uuid": "^8.3.2",
         "winston": "^3.3.3",
         "winston-transport": "^4.4.0",
-        "ws": "^7.5.1",
+        "ws": "^8.0.0",
         "yargs": "^17.0.1"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -12361,6 +12361,27 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/ws": {
+      "version": "7.5.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kQ/dHIzuLrS6Je9+uv81ueZomEwH0qVYstcAQ4/Z93K8zeko9gtAbttJWzoC5ukqXY1PpoouV3+VSOqEAFt5wg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8.3.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
+        "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "bufferutil": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "utf-8-validate": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jsesc": {
       "version": "2.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsesc/-/jsesc-2.5.2.tgz",
@@ -17022,11 +17043,11 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ws": {
-      "version": "7.5.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2c6faOUH/nhoQN6abwMloF7Iyl0ZS2E9HGtsiLrWn0zOOMWlhtDmdf/uihDt6jnuCxgtwGBNy6Onsoy2s2O2Ow==",
+      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6AcSIXpBlS0QvCVKk+3cWnWElLsA6SzC0lkQ43ciEglgXJXiCWK3/CGFEJ+Ybgp006CMibamAsqOlxE9s4AvYA==",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8.3.0"
+        "node": ">=10.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
@@ -26848,6 +26869,13 @@
             "punycode": "^2.1.1",
             "universalify": "^0.1.2"
           }
+        },
+        "ws": {
+          "version": "7.5.3",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.3.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-kQ/dHIzuLrS6Je9+uv81ueZomEwH0qVYstcAQ4/Z93K8zeko9gtAbttJWzoC5ukqXY1PpoouV3+VSOqEAFt5wg==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {}
         }
       }
     },
@@ -30553,9 +30581,9 @@
       }
     },
     "ws": {
-      "version": "7.5.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2c6faOUH/nhoQN6abwMloF7Iyl0ZS2E9HGtsiLrWn0zOOMWlhtDmdf/uihDt6jnuCxgtwGBNy6Onsoy2s2O2Ow==",
+      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6AcSIXpBlS0QvCVKk+3cWnWElLsA6SzC0lkQ43ciEglgXJXiCWK3/CGFEJ+Ybgp006CMibamAsqOlxE9s4AvYA==",
       "requires": {}
     },
     "xdg-basedir": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a3a33cb3..e42994cfb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "winston": "^3.3.3",
     "winston-transport": "^4.4.0",
-    "ws": "^7.5.1",
+    "ws": "^8.0.0",
     "yargs": "^17.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/integration/WebSocketsProtocol.test.ts b/test/integration/WebSocketsProtocol.test.ts
index 5ad84c9ff..7fa961cf3 100644
--- a/test/integration/WebSocketsProtocol.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/WebSocketsProtocol.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('A server with the Solid WebSockets API behind a proxy', (): void => {
 
     beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
       client = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${port}`, [ 'solid-0.1' ], { headers });
-      client.on('message', (message: string): any => messages.push(message));
+      client.on('message', (message: Buffer): any => messages.push(message.toString()));
       await new Promise((resolve): any => client.on('open', resolve));
     });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts b/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
index a79e6b237..4e422aa0a 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ describe('SimpleWebSocketHandler', (): void => {
 
   it('has a functioning WebSockets interface.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     const client = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:5556');
-    const text = await new Promise((resolve): any => client.on('message', resolve));
-    expect(text).toBe('SimpleWebSocketHandler');
+    const buffer = await new Promise<Buffer>((resolve): any => client.on('message', resolve));
+    expect(buffer.toString()).toBe('SimpleWebSocketHandler');
     expect(webSocketHandler.host).toBe('localhost:5556');
   });
 });