diff --git a/bittensor/utils/async_substrate_interface.py b/bittensor/utils/async_substrate_interface.py
index de0547e7b..46fcc9347 100644
--- a/bittensor/utils/async_substrate_interface.py
+++ b/bittensor/utils/async_substrate_interface.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 from hashlib import blake2b
 from typing import Optional, Any, Union, Callable, Awaitable, cast
 
-import websockets
 from async_property import async_property
 from bittensor_wallet import Keypair
 from bt_decode import PortableRegistry, decode as decode_by_type_string, MetadataV15
+from packaging import version
 from scalecodec import GenericExtrinsic
 from scalecodec.base import ScaleBytes, ScaleType, RuntimeConfigurationObject
 from scalecodec.type_registry import load_type_registry_preset
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     BlockNotFound,
 )
 from substrateinterface.storage import StorageKey
+import websockets
 
 ResultHandler = Callable[[dict, Any], Awaitable[tuple[dict, bool]]]
 
@@ -768,14 +769,13 @@ def __init__(
         """
         self.chain_endpoint = chain_endpoint
         self.__chain = chain_name
-        self.ws = Websocket(
-            chain_endpoint,
-            options={
-                "max_size": 2**32,
-                "read_limit": 2**16,
-                "write_limit": 2**16,
-            },
-        )
+        options = {
+            "max_size": 2**32,
+            "write_limit": 2**16,
+        }
+        if version.parse(websockets.__version__) < version.parse("14.0"):
+            options.update({"read_limit": 2**16})
+        self.ws = Websocket(chain_endpoint, options=options)
         self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
         self.last_block_hash: Optional[str] = None
         self.config = {
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index bb8e24394..7ba565211 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ python-Levenshtein
 scalecodec==1.2.11
 substrate-interface~=1.7.9
 uvicorn
+websockets>12.0
 bittensor-wallet>=2.0.2