diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b355e72..d905b4b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1744,9 +1744,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tungstenite"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d25a406cddcc431a75d3d9afc6a7c0f7428d4891dd973e4d54c56b46127bf857"
+checksum = "8f72a05e828585856dacd553fba484c242c46e391fb0e58917c942ee9202915c"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "log",
@@ -1963,9 +1963,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tungstenite"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8628dcc84e5a09eb3d8423d6cb682965dea9133204e8fb3efee74c2a0c259442"
+checksum = "6c01152af293afb9c7c2a57e4b559c5620b421f6d133261c60dd2d0cdb38e6b8"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "data-encoding",
@@ -1975,7 +1975,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "sha1",
  "thiserror",
- "utf-8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2028,12 +2027,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "utf-8"
-version = "0.7.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8_iter"
 version = "1.0.4"
diff --git a/axum/Cargo.toml b/axum/Cargo.toml
index 81daa397..0da92c39 100644
--- a/axum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum/Cargo.toml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.29", features = ["raw_value"], optional = true }
 serde_path_to_error = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
 sha1 = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 tokio = { package = "tokio", version = "1.44", features = ["time"], optional = true }
-tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.28.0", optional = true }
+tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.29.0", optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 # doc dependencies
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.29", features = ["raw_value"] }
 time = { version = "0.3", features = ["serde-human-readable"] }
 tokio = { package = "tokio", version = "1.44.2", features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "net", "test-util"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.28.0"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.29.0"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["json"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index 7d263b76..671bdbb4 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_with",
  "sha1",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
- "socket2 0.6.2",
+ "socket2",
  "stringprep",
  "strsim",
  "take_mut",
@@ -3288,7 +3288,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -3325,7 +3325,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
@@ -3444,7 +3444,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "ryu",
- "socket2 0.6.2",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "url",
@@ -3955,16 +3955,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.5.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e22376abed350d73dd1cd119b57ffccad95b4e585a7cda43e286245ce23c0678"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -4395,7 +4385,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.6.2",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
@@ -4452,7 +4442,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "postgres-protocol",
  "postgres-types",
  "rand 0.9.2",
- "socket2 0.6.2",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "whoami 2.1.0",
@@ -4481,9 +4471,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tungstenite"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d25a406cddcc431a75d3d9afc6a7c0f7428d4891dd973e4d54c56b46127bf857"
+checksum = "8f72a05e828585856dacd553fba484c242c46e391fb0e58917c942ee9202915c"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "log",
@@ -4666,9 +4656,9 @@ checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tungstenite"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8628dcc84e5a09eb3d8423d6cb682965dea9133204e8fb3efee74c2a0c259442"
+checksum = "6c01152af293afb9c7c2a57e4b559c5620b421f6d133261c60dd2d0cdb38e6b8"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "data-encoding",
@@ -4678,7 +4668,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "sha1",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
- "utf-8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4777,12 +4766,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "utf-8"
-version = "0.7.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8_iter"
 version = "1.0.4"
diff --git a/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml b/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml
index a6934ddc..27981188 100644
--- a/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["ws"] }
 futures-channel = "0.3"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["sink", "std"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.28"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.29"
diff --git a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
index 0085c5c6..97d39e1b 100644
--- a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra", features = ["typed-header"] }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["sink", "std"] }
 headers = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.28.0"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.29.0"
 tower-http = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }