diff --git a/components/livekit/idf_component.yml b/components/livekit/idf_component.yml
index 45e76dc..92059d8 100644
--- a/components/livekit/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/livekit/idf_component.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ discussion: "https://livekit.io/join-slack"
 version: 0.2.0
 dependencies:
   idf: ">=5.4"
-  espressif/esp_websocket_client: ^1.4.0
+  espressif/esp_websocket_client: ~1.5.0
   espressif/esp_codec_dev: "~1.4"
   espressif/esp_capture: "~0.7"
   espressif/esp_peer: ^1.2.3
diff --git a/examples/minimal/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/minimal/sdkconfig.defaults
index 3235a6b..ae6d344 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/minimal/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_PERF=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_PLAYBACK_VOL=100
 CONFIG_ESP_DEFAULT_CPU_FREQ_MHZ_240=y
 CONFIG_ESP_WS_CLIENT_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_BUFFER=y
+CONFIG_ESP_WS_CLIENT_SEPARATE_TX_LOCK=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S3_DATA_CACHE_64KB=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S3_DATA_CACHE_LINE_64B=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S3_INSTRUCTION_CACHE_32KB=y
diff --git a/examples/voice_agent/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/voice_agent/sdkconfig.defaults
index ce22086..f2d519e 100644
--- a/examples/voice_agent/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/voice_agent/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32P4=1
 # Board support package
 CONFIG_BSP_I2C_NUM=0
 
-CONFIG_FREERTOS_TIMER_TASK_STACK_DEPTH=4096
\ No newline at end of file
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_TIMER_TASK_STACK_DEPTH=4096
+
+CONFIG_ESP_WS_CLIENT_SEPARATE_TX_LOCK=y
\ No newline at end of file