diff --git a/juniper_axum/Cargo.toml b/juniper_axum/Cargo.toml
index 0fbba58dd..0b664775c 100644
--- a/juniper_axum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/juniper_axum/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ futures = "0.3.22"
 juniper = { version = "0.16", path = "../juniper", features = ["expose-test-schema"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.20", features = ["macros", "net", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.25"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.26"
 tower-service = "0.3"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
diff --git a/juniper_axum/tests/ws_test_suite.rs b/juniper_axum/tests/ws_test_suite.rs
index bd5a0886e..f60f671e1 100644
--- a/juniper_axum/tests/ws_test_suite.rs
+++ b/juniper_axum/tests/ws_test_suite.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl TestApp {
                     None => Err(anyhow!("No message received")),
                     Some(Err(e)) => Err(anyhow!("WebSocket error: {e}")),
                     Some(Ok(Message::Text(json))) => {
-                        let actual: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(json.as_str())
+                        let actual: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&*json)
                             .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Cannot deserialize received message: {e}"))?;
                         if actual != expected {
                             return Err(anyhow!(
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl TestApp {
                     Some(Ok(Message::Close(Some(frame)))) => {
                         let actual = serde_json::json!({
                             "code": u16::from(frame.code),
-                            "description": frame.reason,
+                            "description": *frame.reason,
                         });
                         if actual != expected {
                             return Err(anyhow!(