diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7d6d7aa..04ea0fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21']
+        go-version: ["1.21"]
     permissions:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: read
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: download surrealdb
         run: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://install.surrealdb.com | sh -s -- --nightly
       - name: start surrealdb
-        run: surreal start memory -A --auth --user root --pass root &
+        run: surreal start memory -A --user root --pass root &
       - name: test
         run: go test -v -cover ./...
         env:
diff --git a/db_test.go b/db_test.go
index def4dd1..7c31d50 100644
--- a/db_test.go
+++ b/db_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/logger/slog"
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go"
-	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/conn/gorilla"
+	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/conn/nhooyr"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/constants"
 
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/conn"
@@ -65,17 +64,18 @@ func TestSurrealDBSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	SurrealDBSuite := new(SurrealDBTestSuite)
 	SurrealDBSuite.connImplementations = make(map[string]conn.Connection)
 
+	// // Nhooyr
 	// Without options
-	buff := bytes.NewBufferString("")
-	logData := createLogger(t, buff)
-	SurrealDBSuite.connImplementations["gorilla"] = gorilla.Create().Logger(logData)
-	SurrealDBSuite.logBuffer = buff
+	nbuff := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+	nlogData := createLogger(t, nbuff)
+	SurrealDBSuite.connImplementations["nhooyr"] = nhooyr.Create().Logger(nlogData)
+	SurrealDBSuite.logBuffer = nbuff
 
 	// With options
-	buffOpt := bytes.NewBufferString("")
-	logDataOpt := createLogger(t, buff)
-	SurrealDBSuite.connImplementations["gorilla_opt"] = gorilla.Create().SetTimeOut(time.Minute).SetCompression(true).Logger(logDataOpt)
-	SurrealDBSuite.logBuffer = buffOpt
+	nbuffOpt := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+	nlogDataOpt := createLogger(t, nbuffOpt)
+	SurrealDBSuite.connImplementations["nhooyr_opt"] = nhooyr.Create().Logger(nlogDataOpt)
+	SurrealDBSuite.logBuffer = nbuffOpt
 
 	RunWsMap(t, SurrealDBSuite)
 }
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ func (s *SurrealDBTestSuite) TestConcurrentOperations() {
 }
 
 func (s *SurrealDBTestSuite) TestConnectionBreak() {
-	ws := gorilla.Create()
+	ws := nhooyr.Create()
 	var url string
 	if currentURL == "" {
 		url = defaultURL
@@ -791,10 +791,11 @@ func (s *SurrealDBTestSuite) TestConnectionBreak() {
 
 	db := s.openConnection(url, ws)
 	// Close the connection hard from ws
-	ws.Conn.Close()
+	err := ws.Conn.CloseNow()
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
 
 	// Needs to be return error when the connection is closed or broken
-	_, err := db.Select("users")
+	_, err = db.Select("users")
 	s.Require().Error(err)
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 43ef31e..e49abcd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ module github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.17
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ab9f4d8..e2df07c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12 h1:5bUXkEPPIbewrnkU8LTCLVaxi4N4J8ahufH2vlo4NAo=
+github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12/go.mod h1:LNVeNrXQZfe5qhS9ALED3uA+l5pPqvwXg3CKoDBB2gs=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -23,3 +25,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntN
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.10 h1:mv4p+MnGrLDcPlBoWsvPP7XCzTYMXP9F9eIGoKbgx7Q=
+nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.10/go.mod h1:rN9OFWIUwuxg4fR5tELlYC04bXYowCP9GX47ivo2l+c=
+nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.17 h1:KEVeLJkUywCKVsnLIDlD/5gtayKp8VoCkksHCGGfT9Y=
+nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.17/go.mod h1:rN9OFWIUwuxg4fR5tELlYC04bXYowCP9GX47ivo2l+c=
diff --git a/pkg/conn/gorilla/gorilla.go b/pkg/conn/nhooyr/nhooyr.go
similarity index 84%
rename from pkg/conn/gorilla/gorilla.go
rename to pkg/conn/nhooyr/nhooyr.go
index 4dcbf2c..f4521e2 100644
--- a/pkg/conn/gorilla/gorilla.go
+++ b/pkg/conn/nhooyr/nhooyr.go
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-package gorilla
+package nhooyr
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net"
+	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	coderws "github.com/coder/websocket"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/model"
 
-	gorilla "github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/internal/rpc"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/conn"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go/pkg/logger"
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 type Option func(ws *WebSocket) error
 
 type WebSocket struct {
-	Conn     *gorilla.Conn
+	Conn     *coderws.Conn
 	connLock sync.Mutex
 	Timeout  time.Duration
 	Option   []Option
@@ -44,14 +45,13 @@ type WebSocket struct {
 	notificationChannels     map[string]chan model.Notification
 	notificationChannelsLock sync.RWMutex
 
-	closeChan  chan int
-	closeError error
+	close chan int
 }
 
 func Create() *WebSocket {
 	return &WebSocket{
 		Conn:                 nil,
-		closeChan:            make(chan int),
+		close:                make(chan int),
 		responseChannels:     make(map[string]chan rpc.RPCResponse),
 		notificationChannels: make(map[string]chan model.Notification),
 		Timeout:              DefaultTimeout * time.Second,
@@ -59,14 +59,19 @@ func Create() *WebSocket {
 }
 
 func (ws *WebSocket) Connect(url string) (conn.Connection, error) {
-	dialer := gorilla.DefaultDialer
-	dialer.EnableCompression = true
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	connection, _, err := dialer.Dial(url, nil)
+	connection, resp, err := coderws.Dial(ctx, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusSwitchingProtocols {
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
 	ws.Conn = connection
 
 	for _, option := range ws.Option {
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ func (ws *WebSocket) Connect(url string) (conn.Connection, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	go ws.initialize()
+	ws.initialize()
 	return ws, nil
 }
 
@@ -98,24 +103,12 @@ func (ws *WebSocket) RawLogger(logData logger.Logger) *WebSocket {
 	return ws
 }
 
-func (ws *WebSocket) SetCompression(compress bool) *WebSocket {
-	ws.Option = append(ws.Option, func(ws *WebSocket) error {
-		ws.Conn.EnableWriteCompression(compress)
-		return nil
-	})
-	return ws
-}
-
 func (ws *WebSocket) Close() error {
 	ws.connLock.Lock()
 	defer ws.connLock.Unlock()
-	close(ws.closeChan)
-	err := ws.Conn.WriteMessage(gorilla.CloseMessage, gorilla.FormatCloseMessage(CloseMessageCode, ""))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	close(ws.close)
 
-	return ws.Conn.Close()
+	return ws.Conn.Close(coderws.StatusNormalClosure, "")
 }
 
 func (ws *WebSocket) LiveNotifications(liveQueryID string) (chan model.Notification, error) {
@@ -181,12 +174,6 @@ func (ws *WebSocket) getLiveChannel(id string) (chan model.Notification, bool) {
 }
 
 func (ws *WebSocket) Send(method string, params []interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-	select {
-	case <-ws.closeChan:
-		return nil, ws.closeError
-	default:
-	}
-
 	id := rand.String(RequestIDLength)
 	request := &rpc.RPCRequest{
 		ID:     id,
@@ -224,7 +211,7 @@ func (ws *WebSocket) Send(method string, params []interface{}) (interface{}, err
 }
 
 func (ws *WebSocket) read(v interface{}) error {
-	_, data, err := ws.Conn.ReadMessage()
+	_, data, err := ws.Conn.Read(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -239,42 +226,29 @@ func (ws *WebSocket) write(v interface{}) error {
 
 	ws.connLock.Lock()
 	defer ws.connLock.Unlock()
-	return ws.Conn.WriteMessage(gorilla.TextMessage, data)
+	return ws.Conn.Write(context.Background(), coderws.MessageText, data)
 }
 
 func (ws *WebSocket) initialize() {
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-ws.closeChan:
-			return
-		default:
-			var res rpc.RPCResponse
-			err := ws.read(&res)
-			if err != nil {
-				shouldExit := ws.handleError(err)
-				if shouldExit {
-					return
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ws.close:
+				return
+			default:
+				var res rpc.RPCResponse
+				err := ws.read(&res)
+				if err != nil {
+					if errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
+						break
+					}
+					ws.logger.Error(err.Error())
+					continue
 				}
-				continue
+				go ws.handleResponse(res)
 			}
-			go ws.handleResponse(res)
 		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (ws *WebSocket) handleError(err error) bool {
-	if errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
-		ws.closeError = net.ErrClosed
-		return true
-	}
-	if gorilla.IsUnexpectedCloseError(err) {
-		ws.closeError = io.ErrClosedPipe
-		<-ws.closeChan
-		return true
-	}
-
-	ws.logger.Error(err.Error())
-	return false
+	}()
 }
 
 func (ws *WebSocket) handleResponse(res rpc.RPCResponse) {