diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-actionlint.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-actionlint.yaml
index 7e6404e4..34ecdbc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-actionlint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-actionlint.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
   checkactionlint:
     name: Check actionlint
     # Only run this job if we're in the main repo, not a fork.
-    if: github.repository == 'deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-all.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-all.yaml
index 915c464e..db2b2001 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-all.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-all.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Change to Main/Release Branch
     # Only run this job if we're in the main repo, not a fork.
-    if: github.repository == 'deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-lint.yaml
index d6b15c48..73aa7831 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-lint.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
   checklint:
     name: Check shell
     # Only run this job if we're in the main repo, not a fork.
-    if: github.repository == 'deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-mdlint.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-mdlint.yaml
index 0546ae6f..1243c132 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-mdlint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-mdlint.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
   checkmdlint:
     name: Check mdlint
     # Only run this job if we're in the main repo, not a fork.
-    if: github.repository == 'deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-shell.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-shell.yaml
index 09627f22..4e0fd851 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-shell.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-shell.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
   checkshell:
     name: Check shell
     # Only run this job if we're in the main repo, not a fork.
-    if: github.repository == 'deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-static.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-static.yaml
index f692ab0a..4767d30e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-static.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-static.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
   checkstatic:
     name: Check static
     # Only run this job if we're in the main repo, not a fork.
-    if: github.repository == 'deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yaml
index bbee1bee..3b262ecb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
   checkmdlint:
     name: Check mdlint
     # Only run this job if we're in the main repo, not a fork.
-    if: github.repository == 'deepgram/deepgram-python-sdk'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/deepgram/clients/common/v1/abstract_async_websocket.py b/deepgram/clients/common/v1/abstract_async_websocket.py
index 2cb9fb13..c7cbd715 100644
--- a/deepgram/clients/common/v1/abstract_async_websocket.py
+++ b/deepgram/clients/common/v1/abstract_async_websocket.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
 import websockets
-from websockets.client import WebSocketClientProtocol
 
 from ....audio import Speaker
 from ....utils import verboselogs
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@
 )
 from .websocket_events import WebSocketEvents
 
+WEBSOCKETS_CURRENT_MAJOR_VERSION = int(websockets.version.version.split(".", 1)[0])
+
 ONE_SECOND = 1
 HALF_SECOND = 0.5
 DEEPGRAM_INTERVAL = 5
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class AbstractAsyncWebSocketClient(ABC):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-at
     _endpoint: str
     _websocket_url: str
 
-    _socket: Optional[WebSocketClientProtocol] = None
+    _socket: Optional[websockets.connect] = None
 
     _listen_thread: Union[asyncio.Task, None]
     _delegate: Optional[Speaker] = None
@@ -134,10 +135,20 @@ async def start(
         url_with_params = append_query_params(self._websocket_url, combined_options)
 
         try:
+            ws_connect_kwargs: Dict = {
+                "ping_interval": PING_INTERVAL,
+            }
+
+            # Backward compatibility support with older versions of websockets.
+            # "extra_headers" was renamed to "additional_headers" in Python Websockets version 14
+            if WEBSOCKETS_CURRENT_MAJOR_VERSION < 14:
+                ws_connect_kwargs["extra_headers"] = combined_headers
+            else:
+                ws_connect_kwargs["additional_headers"] = combined_headers
+
             self._socket = await websockets.connect(
                 url_with_params,
-                extra_headers=combined_headers,
-                ping_interval=PING_INTERVAL,
+                **ws_connect_kwargs,
             )
             self._exit_event.clear()
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34893aac..0f29b781 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"
 httpx = "^0.25.2"
-websockets = "^12.0"
+websockets = ">=12.0"
 typing-extensions = "^4.9.0"
 dataclasses-json = "^0.6.3"
 aiohttp = "^3.9.1"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 53571822..96851807 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # standard libs
-websockets==12.*
+websockets>=12.0
 httpx==0.*
 dataclasses-json==0.*
 dataclasses==0.*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8e397772..3d844162 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
     install_requires=[
         "httpx>=0.25.2",
-        "websockets>=12.0,<14.0",
+        "websockets>=12.0",
         "dataclasses-json>=0.6.3",
         "typing_extensions>=4.9.0",
         "aiohttp>=3.9.1",