diff --git a/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageDecoder.java b/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageDecoder.java
index 29ae5b93e6..3bb3c4391d 100644
--- a/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageDecoder.java
+++ b/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageDecoder.java
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import com.baeldung.model.Message;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 
 public class MessageDecoder implements Decoder.Text<Message> {
+
+    private static Gson gson = new Gson();
+
     @Override
     public Message decode(String s) throws DecodeException {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
         Message message = gson.fromJson(s, Message.class);
         return message;
     }
diff --git a/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageEncoder.java b/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageEncoder.java
index bfecc87a96..6e7ba06ff0 100644
--- a/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageEncoder.java
+++ b/java-websocket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websocket/MessageEncoder.java
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import com.baeldung.model.Message;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 
 public class MessageEncoder implements Encoder.Text<Message> {
+
+    private static Gson gson = new Gson();
+
     @Override
     public String encode(Message message) throws EncodeException {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
         String json = gson.toJson(message);
         return json;
     }