diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/0001-Loosen-requirements.patch b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/0001-Loosen-requirements.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2e92e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/0001-Loosen-requirements.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 1e6814f08646bf3191b26f208b017ca760be7f0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: j1nx
+Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 17:24:10 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Loosen requirements
+
+---
+ requirements.txt | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
+index 6982818..09b7e69 100644
+--- a/requirements.txt
++++ b/requirements.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+ ovos-config >= 0.0.8, < 0.1.0
+ ovos-utils >= 0.0.32, < 0.1.0
+ websocket-client>=0.54.0
+-pyee>=8.1.0, < 9.0.0
++pyee>=8.1.0
+--
+2.34.1
+