diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/1165-bump-async-tungstenite.md b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/1165-bump-async-tungstenite.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a382010f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/1165-bump-async-tungstenite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- `[rpc]` Update async-tungstenite dependency to 0.17
+  ([#1165](https://github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/issues/1165)).
diff --git a/rpc/Cargo.toml b/rpc/Cargo.toml
index eab06ea54..9c03d7af9 100644
--- a/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ subtle = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 
 # Optional dependencies
 async-trait = { version = "0.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
-async-tungstenite = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["tokio-runtime", "tokio-rustls"], optional = true }
+async-tungstenite = { version = "0.17", default-features = false, features = ["tokio-runtime", "tokio-rustls-native-certs"], optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
 http = { version = "0.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
 hyper = { version = "0.14", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["client", "http1", "http2"] }
diff --git a/tools/rpc-probe/Cargo.toml b/tools/rpc-probe/Cargo.toml
index acfc67f60..08822a06a 100644
--- a/tools/rpc-probe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/rpc-probe/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ description = """
 all-features = true
 
 [dependencies]
-async-tungstenite = { version = "0.16", features = [ "tokio-runtime", "tokio-rustls-native-certs" ] }
+async-tungstenite = { version = "0.17", features = [ "tokio-runtime", "tokio-rustls-native-certs" ] }
 futures = "0.3"
 getrandom = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"