diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e331563208..77c22ced10 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ client = ["substrate-subxt-client"]
 log = "0.4.13"
 thiserror = "1.0.23"
 futures = "0.3.10"
-jsonrpsee-types = "0.2.0-alpha.2"
-jsonrpsee-ws-client = "0.2.0-alpha.2"
-jsonrpsee-http-client = "0.2.0-alpha.2"
+jsonrpsee-types = "=0.2.0-alpha.3"
+jsonrpsee-ws-client = "=0.2.0-alpha.3"
+jsonrpsee-http-client = "=0.2.0-alpha.3"
 num-traits = { version = "0.2.14", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0.119", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.61"
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index d0488a3e8c..ef5cd73e6a 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ keywords = ["parity", "substrate", "blockchain"]
 async-std = "1.8.0"
 futures = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["compat"], package = "futures" }
 futures01 = { package = "futures", version = "0.1.29" }
-jsonrpsee-types = "0.2.0-alpha"
-jsonrpsee-ws-client = "0.2.0-alpha"
+jsonrpsee-types = "=0.2.0-alpha.3"
+jsonrpsee-ws-client = "=0.2.0-alpha.3"
 log = "0.4.13"
 sc-network = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
 sc-client-db = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f1986cee7d..206dd662b1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ impl<T: Runtime> ClientBuilder<T> {
             if url.starts_with("ws://") || url.starts_with("wss://") {
                 let mut config = WsConfig::with_url(&url);
                 config.max_notifs_per_subscription = 4096;
-                RpcClient::WebSocket(WsClient::new(config).await?)
+                RpcClient::WebSocket(Arc::new(WsClient::new(config).await?))
             } else {
                 let client = HttpClient::new(url, HttpConfig::default())?;
                 RpcClient::Http(Arc::new(client))
diff --git a/src/rpc.rs b/src/rpc.rs
index 3a2f5af9a3..20de9b1ac8 100644
--- a/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/rpc.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ use substrate_subxt_client::SubxtClient;
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum RpcClient {
     /// JSONRPC client WebSocket transport.
-    WebSocket(WsClient),
+    WebSocket(Arc<WsClient>),
     /// JSONRPC client HTTP transport.
     // NOTE: Arc because `HttpClient` is not clone.
     Http(Arc<HttpClient>),
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ impl RpcClient {
 
 impl From<WsClient> for RpcClient {
     fn from(client: WsClient) -> Self {
-        RpcClient::WebSocket(client)
+        RpcClient::WebSocket(Arc::new(client))
     }
 }