diff --git a/client.tsx b/client.tsx
index 58ab91e..782b5cd 100644
--- a/client.tsx
+++ b/client.tsx
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@ import { ApolloLink, concat, split } from 'apollo-link';
 import { WebSocketLink } from 'apollo-link-ws';
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import path from 'path';
+import ws from 'ws';
 import { debug } from './debug';
 
 const moduleLog = debug.extend('client')
 
-let ws;
-if (typeof(window) !== 'object') {
-  ws = require('ws');
-}
-
 const DEEP_FOUNDATION_HASURA_RELATIVE: boolean | undefined = ((r) => r ? !!+r : undefined)(process.env.DEEP_FOUNDATION_HASURA_RELATIVE);
 const NEXT_PUBLIC_DEEP_FOUNDATION_HASURA_RELATIVE: boolean | undefined = ((r) => r ? !!+r : undefined)(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DEEP_FOUNDATION_HASURA_RELATIVE);
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bb164cd..968a289 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
         "normalize-url": "^7.0.2",
         "path": "^0.12.7",
         "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-        "ts-node": "^10.9.1"
+        "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
+        "ws": "^8.17.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/debug": "^4.1.9",
@@ -37,8 +38,7 @@
         "apollo-link": "^1.2.14",
         "apollo-link-ws": "^1.0.20",
         "apollo-server-micro": "^2.21.0",
-        "react": "^18.2.0",
-        "ws": "^7.5.6"
+        "react": "^18.2.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@apollo/client": {
@@ -4474,6 +4474,28 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/subscriptions-transport-ws/node_modules/ws": {
+      "version": "7.5.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+dbF1tHwZpXcbOJdVOkzLDxZP1ailvSxM6ZweXTegylPny803bFhA+vqBYw4s31NSAk4S2Qz+AKXK9a4wkdjcQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": 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/supports-color": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -4875,17 +4897,16 @@
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/ws": {
-      "version": "7.5.10",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.10.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+dbF1tHwZpXcbOJdVOkzLDxZP1ailvSxM6ZweXTegylPny803bFhA+vqBYw4s31NSAk4S2Qz+AKXK9a4wkdjcQ==",
+      "version": "8.17.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.17.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6XQFvXTkbfUOZOKKILFG1PDK2NDQs4azKQl26T0YS5CxqWLgXajbPZ+h4gZekJyRqFU8pvnbAbbs/3TgRPy+GQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8.3.0"
+        "node": ">=10.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
-        "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2"
+        "utf-8-validate": ">=5.0.2"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
         "bufferutil": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3311d2f..2c9f8f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "normalize-url": "^7.0.2",
     "path": "^0.12.7",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-    "ts-node": "^10.9.1"
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
+    "ws": "^8.17.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "package:refresh": "rm -rf node_modules; rm -f package-lock.json; npm i",
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@
     "apollo-link": "^1.2.14",
     "apollo-link-ws": "^1.0.20",
     "apollo-server-micro": "^2.21.0",
-    "react": "^18.2.0",
-    "ws": "^7.5.6"
+    "react": "^18.2.0"
   }
 }