diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17f2c67e8f..3f8cd7ce8c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def open_local(paths, mode='r', encoding='utf8'):
     uvloop,
     ujson,
     'aiofiles>=0.3.0',
-    'websockets>=3.2',
+    'websockets>=4.0',
 ]
 if strtobool(os.environ.get("SANIC_NO_UJSON", "no")):
     print("Installing without uJSON")
diff --git a/tests/test_worker.py b/tests/test_worker.py
index e2b301ec05..af00982e73 100644
--- a/tests/test_worker.py
+++ b/tests/test_worker.py
@@ -131,5 +131,5 @@ def test_worker_close(worker):
     loop.run_until_complete(_close)
 
     assert worker.signal.stopped == True
-    conn.websocket.close_connection.assert_called_with(force=True)
+    conn.websocket.close_connection.assert_called_with(after_handshake=False)
     assert len(worker.servers) == 0