diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 67fc621d1..940536cc1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ uvicorn==0.54.0
 pydantic==2.13.5
 fastapi==0.142.4
 python-multipart==0.0.32
-websockets==17.2
+websockets==16.1.1 # google-genai 2.10.0 has requirement websockets<17.0
 aiohttp>=3.14.4,<3.15
 aiofiles>=25.1.0,<26.0
 Jinja2>=3.1.6,<3.2