diff --git a/kobalt/src/Build.kt b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
index 20605040..b184bf2e 100644
--- a/kobalt/src/Build.kt
+++ b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ val bs = buildScript {
 
 object Versions {
     val kotlin = "1.2.10"
-    val okhttp = "3.9.0"
+    val okhttp = "3.9.1"
     val okio = "1.13.0"
     val retrofit = "2.3.0"
     val gson = "2.8.2"
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ val kobaltApp = project(kobaltPluginApi, wrapper) {
                 "com.google.code.gson:gson:${Versions.gson}",
                 "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:${Versions.retrofit}",
                 "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:${Versions.retrofit}",
-                "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-ws:3.4.2",
+//                "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-ws:3.4.2",
                 "biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bndlib:3.5.0",
                 *mavenResolver("spi"),
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt
index a7c0a312..41d9fdd4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.warn
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import com.google.inject.Guice
-import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
-import okhttp3.Request
-import okhttp3.Response
-import okhttp3.ResponseBody
-import okhttp3.ws.WebSocket
-import okhttp3.ws.WebSocketCall
-import okhttp3.ws.WebSocketListener
-import okio.Buffer
-import java.io.IOException
+import okhttp3.*
 
 fun main(argv: Array<String>) {
     Kobalt.INJECTOR = Guice.createInjector(MainModule(Args(), KobaltSettings.readSettingsXml()))
@@ -39,26 +31,22 @@ class KobaltClient : Runnable {
             .url("$url?projectRoot=$projectRoot&buildFile=$buildFile")
                 .build()
         var webSocket: WebSocket? = null
-        val ws = WebSocketCall.create(client, request).enqueue(object: WebSocketListener {
-            override fun onOpen(ws: WebSocket, response: Response) {
-                webSocket = ws
-            }
-
-            override fun onPong(p0: Buffer?) {
-                println("WebSocket pong")
-            }
-
-            override fun onClose(p0: Int, p1: String?) {
-                println("WebSocket closed")
-            }
-
-            override fun onFailure(ex: IOException, response: Response?) {
+        val socketListener = object: WebSocketListener() {
+            override fun onFailure(webSocket: WebSocket, ex: Throwable, response: Response?) {
                 Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex)
                 error("WebSocket failure: ${ex.message} response: $response")
             }
 
-            override fun onMessage(body: ResponseBody) {
-                val json = body.string()
+            override fun onOpen(ws: WebSocket, response: Response) {
+                webSocket = ws
+            }
+
+            override fun onClosing(webSocket: WebSocket, code: Int, reason: String) {
+                println("Closing socket")
+            }
+
+            override fun onMessage(webSocket: WebSocket, text: String) {
+                val json = text
                 val wsCommand = Gson().fromJson(json, WebSocketCommand::class.java)
                 if (wsCommand.errorMessage != null) {
                     warn("Received error message from server: " + wsCommand.errorMessage)
@@ -87,7 +75,10 @@ class KobaltClient : Runnable {
                     }
                 }
             }
-        })
+        }
+
+        val ws = client.newWebSocket(request, socketListener)
+        ws.close(1000, "All good")
     }
 }