diff --git a/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml b/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
index 18eb59f5fc..4ee7a01f3c 100644
--- a/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.2</version>
+      <version>1.2.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>