diff --git a/src/hiro_graph_client/VERSION b/src/hiro_graph_client/VERSION
index e230c83..7d3cdbf 100644
--- a/src/hiro_graph_client/VERSION
+++ b/src/hiro_graph_client/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
+5.3.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hiro_graph_client/websocketlib.py b/src/hiro_graph_client/websocketlib.py
index 423da63..b0188a4 100644
--- a/src/hiro_graph_client/websocketlib.py
+++ b/src/hiro_graph_client/websocketlib.py
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ def run_forever(self):
                     self._ws.run_forever(http_proxy_host=self._proxy_hostname,
                                          http_proxy_port=self._proxy_port,
                                          http_proxy_auth=self._proxy_auth,
+                                         proxy_type='http',
                                          sslopt={
                                              "cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE
                                          } if not self._api_handler.ssl_config.verify else None)