diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eb8c101..be9ef89 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = "ISC"
 name = "songbird"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/serenity-rs/songbird.git"
-rust-version = "1.61"
+rust-version = "1.68.2"
 version = "0.3.2"
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ rusty_pool = { optional = true, version = "0.7" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde-aux = { optional = true, version = "4"}
 serde_json = "1"
-simd-json = { features = ["serde_impl"], optional = true, version = "0.8.0" }
+simd-json = { features = ["serde_impl"], optional = true, version = "0.9" }
 socket2 = { optional = true, version = "0.5" }
 streamcatcher = { optional = true, version = "1" }
 symphonia = { default_features = false, optional = true, version = "0.5.2" }
 symphonia-core = { optional = true, version = "0.5.2" }
 tokio = { default-features = false, optional = true, version = "1.0" }
-tokio-tungstenite = { optional = true, version = "0.18" }
+tokio-tungstenite = { optional = true, version = "0.19" }
 tokio-util = { features = ["io"], optional = true, version = "0.7" }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", features = ["log"] }
 tracing-futures = "0.2"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f72e6b..b3225c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![docs-badge][]][docs] [![next-docs-badge][]][next-docs] [![build badge]][build] [![guild-badge][]][guild] [![crates.io version]][crates.io link] [![rust 1.61.0+ badge]][rust 1.61.0+ link]
+[![docs-badge][]][docs] [![next-docs-badge][]][next-docs] [![build badge]][build] [![guild-badge][]][guild] [![crates.io version]][crates.io link] [![rust badge]][rust link]
 
 # Songbird
 
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ Songbird's logo is based upon the copyright-free image ["Black-Capped Chickadee"
 [crates.io link]: https://crates.io/crates/songbird
 [crates.io version]: https://img.shields.io/crates/v/songbird.svg?style=flat-square
 
-[rust 1.61.0+ badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.61.0+-93450a.svg?style=flat-square
-[rust 1.61.0+ link]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/05/19/Rust-1.61.0.html
+[rust badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.68.2+-93450a.svg?style=flat-square
+[rust link]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/03/28/Rust-1.68.2.html
diff --git a/src/ws.rs b/src/ws.rs
index 4d987f7..24d523b 100644
--- a/src/ws.rs
+++ b/src/ws.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ impl WsStream {
                 max_send_queue: None,
                 ..Default::default()
             }),
+            true,
         )
         .await?;