diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6305154d..0d41756e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ httpx = ">=0.27.0"
 lazy-object-proxy = ">=1.10.0"
 scrapy = { version = ">=2.11.0", optional = true }
 typing-extensions = ">=4.1.0"
-websockets = ">=10.0"
+websockets = ">=10.0 <14.0.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 build = "~1.2.0"
diff --git a/src/apify/apify_storage_client/_dataset_client.py b/src/apify/apify_storage_client/_dataset_client.py
index 0e06f78f..5c5802d2 100644
--- a/src/apify/apify_storage_client/_dataset_client.py
+++ b/src/apify/apify_storage_client/_dataset_client.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async def iterate_items(
         skip_empty: bool = False,
         skip_hidden: bool = False,
     ) -> AsyncIterator[dict]:
-        return self._client.iterate_items(
+        async for item in self._client.iterate_items(
             offset=offset,
             limit=limit,
             clean=clean,
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ async def iterate_items(
             unwind=unwind,
             skip_empty=skip_empty,
             skip_hidden=skip_hidden,
-        )
+        ):
+            yield item
 
     @override
     async def get_items_as_bytes(
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_actor_dataset.py b/tests/integration/test_actor_dataset.py
index c1c69d72..20a71750 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_actor_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_actor_dataset.py
@@ -54,6 +54,26 @@ async def main() -> None:
         assert item['str'] == 'x' * 10000
 
 
+async def test_dataset_iter_items(
+    make_actor: MakeActorFunction,
+    run_actor: RunActorFunction,
+) -> None:
+    async def main() -> None:
+        inserted_data = {'Something': 'something else'}
+
+        async with Actor:
+            dataset = await Actor.open_dataset()
+            await dataset.push_data(inserted_data)
+            requested_data = [item async for item in dataset.iterate_items()]
+
+            assert len(requested_data) == 1
+            assert requested_data[0] == inserted_data
+
+    actor = await make_actor(label='test_dataset_iter_items', main_func=main)
+    run_result = await run_actor(actor)
+    assert run_result.status == 'SUCCEEDED'
+
+
 async def test_same_references_in_default_dataset(
     make_actor: MakeActorFunction,
     run_actor: RunActorFunction,