diff --git a/uvicorn/protocols/websockets/wsproto_impl.py b/uvicorn/protocols/websockets/wsproto_impl.py
index 2a53e8221..ce7cf5cdb 100644
--- a/uvicorn/protocols/websockets/wsproto_impl.py
+++ b/uvicorn/protocols/websockets/wsproto_impl.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import h11
 import wsproto
+from packaging import version
 from wsproto import ConnectionType, events
 from wsproto.connection import ConnectionState
 from wsproto.extensions import PerMessageDeflate
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@
 from uvicorn.logging import TRACE_LOG_LEVEL
 from uvicorn.protocols.utils import get_local_addr, get_remote_addr, is_ssl
 
-assert wsproto.__version__ > "0.13", "Need wsproto version 0.13"
+assert version.parse(wsproto.__version__) > version.parse(
+    "0.13"
+), "Need wsproto version 0.13"
 
 
 class WSProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):