diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 268d692..20e0326 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def package_vars(version_file):
     py_modules=[splitext(basename(path))[0] for path in glob("src/*.py")],
     install_requires=[
         "configobj == 5.0.8",
-        "paho-mqtt == 1.6.1",
+        "paho-mqtt == 2.0.0",
         "pyserial == 3.5",
         "pyusb == 1.2.1",
         "semver == 3.0.2",