diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1aec0e6..04f8c84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.13.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.java-websocket</groupId>
 			<artifactId>Java-WebSocket</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.7</version>
+			<version>1.6.0</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
     </dependencies>