diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67396ccc3..a603a887e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "mastodon",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=8 <11"
+    "node": ">=8.12 <12"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "postversion": "git push --tags",
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.3.4",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.3.4",
+    "@clusterws/cws": "^0.14.0",
     "array-includes": "^3.0.3",
     "autoprefixer": "^9.4.10",
     "axios": "^0.18.0",
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@
     "tiny-queue": "^0.2.1",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^2.1.2",
     "uuid": "^3.1.0",
-    "uws": "10.148.0",
     "webpack": "^4.29.6",
     "webpack-assets-manifest": "^3.1.1",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^3.1.0",
diff --git a/streaming/index.js b/streaming/index.js
index 2a51a1a0d..558267700 100644
--- a/streaming/index.js
+++ b/streaming/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const redis = require('redis');
 const pg = require('pg');
 const log = require('npmlog');
 const url = require('url');
-const WebSocket = require('uws');
+const { WebSocketServer } = require('@clusterws/cws');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
@@ -536,20 +536,13 @@ const startWorker = (workerId) => {
     });
   });
 
-  const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server, verifyClient: wsVerifyClient });
+  const wss = new WebSocketServer({ server, verifyClient: wsVerifyClient });
 
-  wss.on('connection', ws => {
-    const req      = ws.upgradeReq;
+  wss.on('connection', (ws, req) => {
     const location = url.parse(req.url, true);
     req.requestId  = uuid.v4();
     req.remoteAddress = ws._socket.remoteAddress;
 
-    ws.isAlive = true;
-
-    ws.on('pong', () => {
-      ws.isAlive = true;
-    });
-
     let channel;
 
     switch(location.query.stream) {
@@ -610,17 +603,7 @@ const startWorker = (workerId) => {
     }
   });
 
-  setInterval(() => {
-    wss.clients.forEach(ws => {
-      if (ws.isAlive === false) {
-        ws.terminate();
-        return;
-      }
-
-      ws.isAlive = false;
-      ws.ping('', false, true);
-    });
-  }, 30000);
+  wss.startAutoPing(30000);
 
   attachServerWithConfig(server, address => {
     log.info(`Worker ${workerId} now listening on ${address}`);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 329216cdb..f829b9706 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -782,6 +782,11 @@
     lodash "^4.17.11"
     to-fast-properties "^2.0.0"
 
+"@clusterws/cws@^0.14.0":
+  version "0.14.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@clusterws/cws/-/cws-0.14.0.tgz#242824b6884454001340222a836db6f6c5e62bfb"
+  integrity sha512-knZj3KZNHIAGsX7TUc/0Q5gcx2bKMMcTPsAOZomLKdK5a4o/umKFlttWRH84Yr1nVlQy+UMO23qfDR8gRZ/4cw==
+
 "@cnakazawa/watch@^1.0.3":
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cnakazawa/watch/-/watch-1.0.3.tgz#099139eaec7ebf07a27c1786a3ff64f39464d2ef"
@@ -9269,11 +9274,6 @@ uuid@^3.0.1, uuid@^3.1.0, uuid@^3.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-3.3.2.tgz#1b4af4955eb3077c501c23872fc6513811587131"
   integrity sha512-yXJmeNaw3DnnKAOKJE51sL/ZaYfWJRl1pK9dr19YFCu0ObS231AB1/LbqTKRAQ5kw8A90rA6fr4riOUpTZvQZA==
 
-uws@10.148.0:
-  version "10.148.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uws/-/uws-10.148.0.tgz#3fcd35f083ca515e091cd33b2d78f0f51a666215"
-  integrity sha512-aJpFgMMyxubiE/ll4nj9nWoQbv0HzZZDWXfwyu78nuFObX0Zoyv3TWjkqKPQ1vb2sMPZoz67tri7QNE6dybNmQ==
-
 v8-compile-cache@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.0.2.tgz#a428b28bb26790734c4fc8bc9fa106fccebf6a6c"