diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 3773afb9..d5e4cf8e 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ovos-utils>=0.2.1,<1.0.0
-ovos_bus_client>=0.0.8,<2.0.0
+ovos_bus_client>=1.5.0,<2.0.0
 ovos-config>=0.0.12,<3.0.0
 combo_lock~=0.3
 requests~=2.32