diff --git a/juniper_axum/Cargo.toml b/juniper_axum/Cargo.toml
index 67a8bbb0e..0fbba58dd 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 = "0.24"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.25"
 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 01bc071e4..bd5a0886e 100644
--- a/juniper_axum/tests/ws_test_suite.rs
+++ b/juniper_axum/tests/ws_test_suite.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl TestApp {
     ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         match message {
             WsIntegrationMessage::Send(msg) => websocket
-                .send(Message::Text(msg.to_string()))
+                .send(Message::Text(msg.to_string().into()))
                 .await
                 .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Could not send message: {e}"))
                 .map(drop),
@@ -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)
+                        let actual: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(json.as_str())
                             .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Cannot deserialize received message: {e}"))?;
                         if actual != expected {
                             return Err(anyhow!(