diff --git a/examples/protocols/http_server/ws_echo_server/ws_server_example_test.py b/examples/protocols/http_server/ws_echo_server/ws_server_example_test.py
index 3dd77b4697..2d53b698f0 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/http_server/ws_echo_server/ws_server_example_test.py
+++ b/examples/protocols/http_server/ws_echo_server/ws_server_example_test.py
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ import re
 from tiny_test_fw import Utility
 import ttfw_idf
 import os
-import six
-import socket
-import hashlib
-import base64
-import struct
+import websocket
 
 
 OPCODE_TEXT = 0x1
@@ -38,63 +34,24 @@ class WsClient:
     def __init__(self, ip, port):
         self.port = port
         self.ip = ip
-        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        self.client_key = "abcdefghjk"
-        self.socket.settimeout(10.0)
+        self.ws = websocket.WebSocket()
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        self.socket.connect((self.ip, self.port))
-        self._handshake()
+        self.ws.connect("ws://{}:{}/ws".format(self.ip, self.port))
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
-        self.socket.close()
-
-    def _handshake(self):
-        MAGIC_STRING = "258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11"
-        client_key = self.client_key + MAGIC_STRING
-        expected_accept = base64.standard_b64encode(hashlib.sha1(client_key.encode()).digest())
-        request = ('GET /ws HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nUpgrade: websocket\r\nConnection: '
-                   'Upgrade\r\nSec-WebSocket-Key: {}\r\n'
-                   'Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13\r\n\r\n'.format(self.client_key))
-        self.socket.send(request.encode('utf-8'))
-        response = self.socket.recv(1024)
-        ws_accept = re.search(b'Sec-WebSocket-Accept: (.*)\r\n', response, re.IGNORECASE)
-        if ws_accept and ws_accept.group(1) is not None and ws_accept.group(1) == expected_accept:
-            pass
-        else:
-            raise("Unexpected Sec-WebSocket-Accept, handshake response: {}".format(response))
-
-    def _masked(self, data):
-        mask = struct.unpack('B' * 4, os.urandom(4))
-        out = list(mask)
-        for i, d in enumerate(struct.unpack('B' * len(data), data)):
-            out.append(d ^ mask[i % 4])
-        return struct.pack('B' * len(out), *out)
-
-    def _ws_encode(self, data="", opcode=OPCODE_TEXT, mask=1):
-        data = data.encode('utf-8')
-        length = len(data)
-        if length >= 126:
-            raise("Packet length of {} not supported!".format(length))
-        frame_header = chr(1 << 7 | opcode)
-        frame_header += chr(mask << 7 | length)
-        frame_header = six.b(frame_header)
-        if not mask:
-            return frame_header + data
-        return frame_header + self._masked(data)
+        self.ws.close()
 
     def read(self):
-        header = self.socket.recv(2)
-        if not six.PY3:
-            header = [ord(character) for character in header]
-        opcode = header[0] & 15
-        length = header[1] & 127
-        payload = self.socket.recv(length)
-        return opcode, payload.decode('utf-8')
+        return self.ws.recv_data(control_frame=True)
 
-    def write(self, data="", opcode=OPCODE_TEXT, mask=1):
-        return self.socket.sendall(self._ws_encode(data=data, opcode=opcode, mask=mask))
+    def write(self, data="", opcode=OPCODE_TEXT):
+        if opcode == OPCODE_BIN:
+            return self.ws.send_binary(data.encode())
+        if opcode == OPCODE_PING:
+            return self.ws.ping(data)
+        return self.ws.send(data)
 
 
 @ttfw_idf.idf_example_test(env_tag="Example_WIFI")