diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7060624..2a8ed35 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # apprise @ git+https://github.com/caronc/apprise@custom-tag-or-version
 
 ## 3. The below grabs our stable version (generally the best choice):
-apprise == 1.7.2
+apprise == 1.7.3
 
 ## Apprise API Minimum Requirements
 django
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ gunicorn
 requests
 
 ## 3rd Party Service support
-paho-mqtt
+paho-mqtt < 2.0.0
 gntp
 cryptography