diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a0d6fec..b04802c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-paho-mqtt==1.5.1
+paho-mqtt==1.6.1
 pycodestyle==2.7.0
 coverage==4.5.4
 coveralls==3.2.0