diff --git a/ci/alpine/Dockerfile b/ci/alpine/Dockerfile
index 7bb6e67901..ea9a163ea5 100644
--- a/ci/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
   openssl-dev \
   procps \
   py3-pip \
-  py3-websockets \
   python3 \
   python3-dev \
   swig \
   zlib-dev
 
-RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages junit2html
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages websockets junit2html
diff --git a/ci/debian-12/Dockerfile b/ci/debian-12/Dockerfile
index cc94969f48..bc66a7d39e 100644
--- a/ci/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
     python3 \
     python3-dev \
     python3-pip\
-    python3-websockets \
     sqlite3 \
     swig \
     wget \
@@ -39,4 +38,4 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
 
 # Debian bookworm really doesn't like using pip to install system wide stuff, but
 # doesn't seem there's a python3-junit2html package, so not sure what we'd break.
-RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages junit2html
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages websockets junit2html
diff --git a/ci/opensuse-tumbleweed/Dockerfile b/ci/opensuse-tumbleweed/Dockerfile
index 27191b665d..bbc33a47a1 100644
--- a/ci/opensuse-tumbleweed/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/opensuse-tumbleweed/Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ RUN zypper refresh \
     python3 \
     python3-devel \
     python3-pip \
-    python3-websockets \
     swig \
     tar \
     util-linux \
@@ -40,4 +39,4 @@ RUN zypper refresh \
     zlib-devel \
   && rm -rf /var/cache/zypp
 
-RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages junit2html
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages websockets junit2html
diff --git a/ci/ubuntu-24.04/Dockerfile b/ci/ubuntu-24.04/Dockerfile
index 7b13638c30..85f0e36d7f 100644
--- a/ci/ubuntu-24.04/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/ubuntu-24.04/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
     python3 \
     python3-dev \
     python3-pip \
-    python3-websockets \
     ruby \
     sqlite3 \
     swig \
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
   && apt autoclean \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages junit2html
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages websockets junit2html
 RUN gem install coveralls-lcov
 
 # Download a newer pre-built ccache version that recognizes -fprofile-update=atomic
diff --git a/ci/ubuntu-24.10/Dockerfile b/ci/ubuntu-24.10/Dockerfile
index a937c7b3e7..52fb682c10 100644
--- a/ci/ubuntu-24.10/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/ubuntu-24.10/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
     python3 \
     python3-dev \
     python3-pip \
-    python3-websockets \
     ruby \
     sqlite3 \
     swig \
@@ -43,5 +42,5 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
   && apt autoclean \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages junit2html
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages websockets junit2html
 RUN gem install coveralls-lcov