diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45e47305f..ac711b0ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # The version number.
 set(AGENT_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set(AGENT_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set(AGENT_VERSION_MINOR 1)
 set(AGENT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
-set(AGENT_VERSION_BUILD 13)
+set(AGENT_VERSION_BUILD 1)
 set(AGENT_VERSION_RC "_RC1")
 
 # This minimum version is to support Visual Studio 2017 and C++ feature checking and FetchContent
diff --git a/src/mqtt/mqtt_client_impl.hpp b/src/mqtt/mqtt_client_impl.hpp
index ca6d19cd8..8a15a8231 100644
--- a/src/mqtt/mqtt_client_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/mqtt/mqtt_client_impl.hpp
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ namespace mtconnect {
         if (m_handler && m_handler->m_connecting)
           m_handler->m_connecting(shared_from_this());
 
+        derived().getClient()->set_clean_session(true);
         derived().getClient()->async_connect([this](mqtt::error_code ec) {
           if (ec)
           {