diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index 538c00d01..6a7f381bf 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ switch("passL", "-fno-omit-frame-pointer")
 
 # switch("define", "snappy_implementation=libp2p")
 
+# TODO https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/issues/3130
+# We are still seeing problems with the websock package, se we stick to using news:
+switch("define", "json_rpc_websocket_package=news")
+
 const currentDir = currentSourcePath()[0 .. ^(len("config.nims") + 1)]
 switch("define", "nim_compiler_path=" & currentDir & "env.sh nim")
 switch("define", "withoutPCRE")
diff --git a/vendor/news b/vendor/news
index 3b9d5c646..9094ae314 160000
--- a/vendor/news
+++ b/vendor/news
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3b9d5c646331e244c3b5b4fd754bbf5060787d94
+Subproject commit 9094ae314754908838979fe0840b9b33c0e0a603
diff --git a/vendor/nim-json-rpc b/vendor/nim-json-rpc
index c455198d4..35e6d7e6f 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-json-rpc
+++ b/vendor/nim-json-rpc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c455198d4fd3f56cb064b15f80c3a036907fde37
+Subproject commit 35e6d7e6ff1e89b44d2d3fdd8a0a16ac9d2195cf