diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b93e57..47dac77 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -543,13 +543,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-ws"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "535aec173810be3ca6f25dd5b4d431ae7125d62000aa3cbae1ec739921b02cf3"
+checksum = "a3a1fb4f9f2794b0aadaf2ba5f14a6f034c7e86957b458c506a8cb75953f2d99"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-codec",
  "actix-http",
  "actix-web",
+ "bytestring",
  "futures-core",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -8890,19 +8891,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "websocket-echo-actorless-example"
-version = "1.0.0"
-dependencies = [
- "actix-files",
- "actix-web",
- "actix-ws",
- "env_logger",
- "futures-util",
- "log",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "websocket-example"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -8937,6 +8925,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "websockets-echo-actorless-example"
+version = "1.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "actix-files",
+ "actix-web",
+ "actix-ws",
+ "env_logger",
+ "futures-util",
+ "log",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
 version = "4.4.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4cc7040..5606129 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ actix-utils = "3"
 actix-web = "4.7"
 actix-web-actors = "4.1"
 actix-web-lab = "0.20"
-actix-ws = "0.2.5"
+actix-ws = "0.3"
 awc = "3.2"
 
 chrono = { version = "0.4.30", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/websockets/chat-actorless/Cargo.toml b/websockets/chat-actorless/Cargo.toml
index e4895a9..795ec39 100644
--- a/websockets/chat-actorless/Cargo.toml
+++ b/websockets/chat-actorless/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 actix-files.workspace = true
 actix-web.workspace = true
 actix-ws.workspace = true
-
 env_logger.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
diff --git a/websockets/chat-actorless/src/handler.rs b/websockets/chat-actorless/src/handler.rs
index d9e7104..864e6fd 100644
--- a/websockets/chat-actorless/src/handler.rs
+++ b/websockets/chat-actorless/src/handler.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::{
+    pin::pin,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
 
-use actix_ws::Message;
+use actix_ws::AggregatedMessage;
 use futures_util::{
     future::{select, Either},
     StreamExt as _,
 };
-use tokio::{pin, sync::mpsc, time::interval};
+use tokio::{sync::mpsc, time::interval};
 
 use crate::{ChatServerHandle, ConnId};
 
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ const CLIENT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 pub async fn chat_ws(
     chat_server: ChatServerHandle,
     mut session: actix_ws::Session,
-    mut msg_stream: actix_ws::MessageStream,
+    msg_stream: actix_ws::MessageStream,
 ) {
     log::info!("connected");
 
@@ -33,18 +36,21 @@ pub async fn chat_ws(
     // unwrap: chat server is not dropped before the HTTP server
     let conn_id = chat_server.connect(conn_tx).await;
 
+    let msg_stream = msg_stream
+        .max_frame_size(128 * 1024)
+        .aggregate_continuations()
+        .max_continuation_size(2 * 1024 * 1024);
+
+    let mut msg_stream = pin!(msg_stream);
+
     let close_reason = loop {
         // most of the futures we process need to be stack-pinned to work with select()
 
-        let tick = interval.tick();
-        pin!(tick);
-
-        let msg_rx = conn_rx.recv();
-        pin!(msg_rx);
+        let tick = pin!(interval.tick());
+        let msg_rx = pin!(conn_rx.recv());
 
         // TODO: nested select is pretty gross for readability on the match
-        let messages = select(msg_stream.next(), msg_rx);
-        pin!(messages);
+        let messages = pin!(select(msg_stream.next(), msg_rx));
 
         match select(messages, tick).await {
             // commands & messages received from client
@@ -52,30 +58,26 @@ pub async fn chat_ws(
                 log::debug!("msg: {msg:?}");
 
                 match msg {
-                    Message::Ping(bytes) => {
+                    AggregatedMessage::Ping(bytes) => {
                         last_heartbeat = Instant::now();
                         // unwrap:
                         session.pong(&bytes).await.unwrap();
                     }
 
-                    Message::Pong(_) => {
+                    AggregatedMessage::Pong(_) => {
                         last_heartbeat = Instant::now();
                     }
 
-                    Message::Text(text) => {
+                    AggregatedMessage::Text(text) => {
                         process_text_msg(&chat_server, &mut session, &text, conn_id, &mut name)
                             .await;
                     }
 
-                    Message::Binary(_bin) => {
+                    AggregatedMessage::Binary(_bin) => {
                         log::warn!("unexpected binary message");
                     }
 
-                    Message::Close(reason) => break reason,
-
-                    _ => {
-                        break None;
-                    }
+                    AggregatedMessage::Close(reason) => break reason,
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/websockets/chat/static/index.html b/websockets/chat/static/index.html
index c41adb4..fd30d0e 100644
--- a/websockets/chat/static/index.html
+++ b/websockets/chat/static/index.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <div id="log"></div>
 
     <form id="chatform">
-      <input type="text" id="text" />
+      <input type="text" id="text" autocomplete="off" />
       <input type="submit" id="send" />
     </form>
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
           updateConnectionStatus()
         }
 
-        socket.onmessage = (ev) => {
+        socket.onmessage = ev => {
           log('Received: ' + ev.data, 'message')
         }
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         updateConnectionStatus()
       })
 
-      $form.addEventListener('submit', (ev) => {
+      $form.addEventListener('submit', ev => {
         ev.preventDefault()
 
         const text = $input.value
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
       })
 
       updateConnectionStatus()
-
     </script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml b/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml
index 0e4b144..2edfdd9 100644
--- a/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml
+++ b/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "websocket-echo-actorless-example"
+name = "websockets-echo-actorless-example"
 version = "1.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 actix-files.workspace = true
 actix-web.workspace = true
 actix-ws.workspace = true
-
 env_logger.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true