diff --git a/ripe/atlas/cousteau/stream.py b/ripe/atlas/cousteau/stream.py
index dd6317e..6b673e8 100644
--- a/ripe/atlas/cousteau/stream.py
+++ b/ripe/atlas/cousteau/stream.py
@@ -123,11 +123,14 @@ def _get_proxy_options(self):
             return {}
 
         parsed = urlparse(proxy_url)
-        return {
+        res = {
             "proxy_type": parsed.scheme,
             "http_proxy_host": parsed.hostname,
             "http_proxy_port": parsed.port,
         }
+        if parsed.username is not None:
+            res.update({ "http_proxy_auth" : (parsed.username, parsed.password) })
+        return res
 
     def connect(self) -> None:
         while self.ws is None:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8251b67..eb09a10 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 install_requires = [
     "python-dateutil",
     "requests>=2.7.0",
-    "websocket-client~=1.3.1",
+    "websocket-client~=1.6.2",
     "typing-extensions",
 ]