diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index d05d8824..555aff52 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [8.1.7] - 2020-02-26
+
+(websocket) traffic tracker received bytes is message size while it should be wire size
+
 ## [8.1.6] - 2020-02-26
 
 (ws_connect) display sent/received bytes statistics on exit
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp
index 05042a42..94939357 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ namespace ix
                                                                           WebSocketCloseInfo(),
                                                                           binary));
 
-                    WebSocket::invokeTrafficTrackerCallback(msg.size(), true);
+                    WebSocket::invokeTrafficTrackerCallback(wireSize, true);
                 });
         }
     }
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 2d3a1883..f0a51af4 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.1.6"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.1.7"