diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de2d968..95fc2d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <properties>
         <siddhi.version>5.1.2</siddhi.version>
         <siddhi.version.range>[5.0.0,6.0.0)</siddhi.version.range>
-        <paho.mqtt.version>1.1.1</paho.mqtt.version>
+        <paho.mqtt.version>1.2.1</paho.mqtt.version>
         <carbon.feature.plugin.version>3.0.0</carbon.feature.plugin.version>
         <siddhi.map.binary.version>2.0.2</siddhi.map.binary.version>
         <moquette.version>0.8</moquette.version>