diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index bad8238..5823b06 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -202,17 +202,16 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "paho-mqtt"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "MQTT version 5.0/3.1.1 client class"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = "*"
 files = [
-    {file = "paho_mqtt-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2ef745073dfc9aa68bfec30d0b9b6f0304ea75182bae85a7c77a80cefce1eff5"},
-    {file = "paho_mqtt-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:13b205f29251e4f2c66a6c923c31fc4fd780561e03b2d775cff8e4f2915cf947"},
+    {file = "paho-mqtt-1.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2a8291c81623aec00372b5a85558a372c747cbca8e9934dfe218638b8eefc26f"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
-proxy = ["pysocks"]
+proxy = ["PySocks"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "platformdirs"
@@ -452,6 +451,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:bf07ee2fef7014951eeb99f56f39c9bb4af143d8aa3c21b1677805985307da34"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:855fb52b0dc35af121542a76b9a84f8d1cd886ea97c84703eaa6d88e37a2ad28"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:40df9b996c2b73138957fe23a16a4f0ba614f4c0efce1e9406a184b6d07fa3a9"},
+    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6c22bec3fbe2524cde73d7ada88f6566758a8f7227bfbf93a408a9d86bcc12a0"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8d4e9c88387b0f5c7d5f281e55304de64cf7f9c0021a3525bd3b1c542da3b0e4"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:d483d2cdf104e7c9fa60c544d92981f12ad66a457afae824d146093b8c294c54"},
@@ -629,13 +629,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
-version = "20.25.0"
+version = "20.25.1"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.25.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4238949c5ffe6876362d9c0180fc6c3a824a7b12b80604eeb8085f2ed7460de3"},
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.25.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bf51c0d9c7dd63ea8e44086fa1e4fb1093a31e963b86959257378aef020e1f1b"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.25.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:961c026ac520bac5f69acb8ea063e8a4f071bcc9457b9c1f28f6b085c511583a"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.25.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e08e13ecdca7a0bd53798f356d5831434afa5b07b93f0abdf0797b7a06ffe197"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -650,4 +650,4 @@ test = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.2.7)", "coverage-enable-subprocess
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<4.0"
-content-hash = "b9548b456ddcc37c02ef52a5349c63635f8c28a7faa3044b9ce3f58a6af2b9df"
+content-hash = "fc3bd1370c93012c5834dece966711a587f1b54979e1230534394802f495e76f"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c8ba179..4e71644 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ roomba-password = "roombapy.entry_points:password"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 orjson = ">=3.9.13"
-paho-mqtt = ">=1.5.1,<3.0.0"
+paho-mqtt = "~1.6.1"
 pydantic = ">=1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
diff --git a/roombapy/remote_client.py b/roombapy/remote_client.py
index aaa4e45..b62748f 100644
--- a/roombapy/remote_client.py
+++ b/roombapy/remote_client.py
@@ -109,10 +109,7 @@ def _open_mqtt_connection(self):
         self.mqtt_client.loop_start()
 
     def _get_mqtt_client(self):
-        mqtt_client = mqtt.Client(
-            client_id=self.blid,
-            callback_api_version=mqtt.CallbackAPIVersion.VERSION1,
-        )
+        mqtt_client = mqtt.Client(client_id=self.blid)
         mqtt_client.username_pw_set(username=self.blid, password=self.password)
         mqtt_client.on_connect = self._internal_on_connect
         mqtt_client.on_disconnect = self._internal_on_disconnect