diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc60a83..1a0a5be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Core dependencies for RouteMQ MQTT Framework
 python-dotenv==1.2.2
-paho-mqtt==1.6.1
+paho-mqtt==2.1.0
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.50
 aiomysql==0.3.2