diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 76e88c8f..54fbcd5f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ apprise~=1.7.4
 # apprise mqtt https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/315
 # and 2.0.0 https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/2241 not yet compatible
 # use v1.x due to https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.python/issues/814
-paho-mqtt < 2.0.0
+paho-mqtt>=1.6.1,<2.0.0
 
 # This mainly affects some ARM builds, which unlike the other builds ignores "ARG CRYPTOGRAPHY_DONT_BUILD_RUST=1"
 # so without this pinning, the newer versions on ARM will forcefully try to build rust, which results in "rust compiler not found"