diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f7d9ec2a4..8b66823f50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <mockito-version>1.10.19</mockito-version>
     <owasp-dependency-check-version>5.2.4</owasp-dependency-check-version>
     <powermock-version>1.6.5</powermock-version>
-    <mqtt-client-version>1.15</mqtt-client-version>
+    <mqtt-client-version>1.16</mqtt-client-version>
     <openjpa-version>1.2.0</openjpa-version>
     <org-apache-derby-version>10.14.2.0</org-apache-derby-version>
     <osgi-version>6.0.0</osgi-version>