diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20be07f..2275584 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "chai": "~3.5.0",
     "coffee-script": "^1.8.0",
     "mocha": "~3.2.0",
-    "mqtt": "~1.4.0",
+    "mqtt": "~2.3.1",
     "msgflo": "^0.9.5"
   },
   "keywords": [],