diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ef6c133..55e5e17 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ pandas
 seaborn
 streamlit==1.44.0
 plotly
-apprise==1.9.0
-paho-mqtt<2.0.0
+apprise==1.9.5
+paho-mqtt!=2.0
 pytest==7.1.2
 suntime==1.3.2
 inotify
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index cf3046c..3c60aac 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ if ! which inotifywait &>/dev/null;then
 fi
 
 apprise_version=$($HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 -c "import apprise; print(apprise.__version__)")
-[[ $apprise_version != "1.9.0" ]] && sudo_with_user $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install apprise==1.9.0
+[[ $apprise_version != "1.9.5" ]] && sudo_with_user $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install apprise==1.9.5
 version=$($HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 -c "import streamlit; print(streamlit.__version__)")
 [[ $version != "1.44.0" ]] && sudo_with_user $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install streamlit==1.44.0
 version=$($HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 -c "import seaborn; print(seaborn.__version__)")