diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28b09f46e..603067086 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "dompurify": "2.3.6",
-        "grunt": "1.5.2",
+        "grunt": "^1.5.2",
         "grunt-chmod": "~1.1.1",
         "grunt-cli": "~1.4.3",
         "grunt-concurrent": "3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
index 5e64677e9..666e01f62 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         node.options = {};
         node.queue = [];
         node.subscriptions = {};
+        node.clientListeners = []
         /** @type {mqtt.MqttClient}*/ this.client;
         node.setOptions = function(opts, init) {
             if(!opts || typeof opts !== "object") {
@@ -720,9 +721,9 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     node.serverProperties = {};
                     node.client = mqtt.connect(node.brokerurl, node.options);
                     node.client.setMaxListeners(0);
-                    let callbackDone = false; //prevent re-connects causing node.client.on('connect' firing callback multiple times
+                    let callbackDone = false; //prevent re-connects causing node._clientOn('connect' firing callback multiple times
                     // Register successful connect or reconnect handler
-                    node.client.on('connect', function (connack) {
+                    node._clientOn('connect', function (connack) {
                         node.closing = false;
                         node.connecting = false;
                         node.connected = true;
@@ -754,7 +755,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         }
                         setStatusConnected(node, true);
                         // Remove any existing listeners before resubscribing to avoid duplicates in the event of a re-connection
-                        node.client.removeAllListeners('message');
+                        node._clientRemoveAllListeners('message');
 
                         // Re-subscribe to stored topics
                         for (var s in node.subscriptions) {
@@ -766,7 +767,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                                     if (node.subscriptions[s].hasOwnProperty(r)) {
                                         qos = Math.max(qos,node.subscriptions[s][r].qos);
                                         _options = node.subscriptions[s][r].options;
-                                        node.client.on('message',node.subscriptions[s][r].handler);
+                                        node._clientOn('message',node.subscriptions[s][r].handler);
                                     }
                                 }
                                 _options.qos = _options.qos || qos;
@@ -779,11 +780,11 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                             node.publish(node.birthMessage);
                         }
                     });
-                    node.client.on("reconnect", function() {
+                    node._clientOn("reconnect", function() {
                         setStatusConnecting(node, true);
                     });
                     //Broker Disconnect - V5 event
-                    node.client.on("disconnect", function(packet) {
+                    node._clientOn("disconnect", function(packet) {
                         //Emitted after receiving disconnect packet from broker. MQTT 5.0 feature.
                         const rc = (packet && packet.properties && packet.reasonCode) || packet.reasonCode;
                         const rs = packet && packet.properties && packet.properties.reasonString || "";
@@ -797,7 +798,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         setStatusDisconnected(node, true);
                     });
                     // Register disconnect handlers
-                    node.client.on('close', function () {
+                    node._clientOn('close', function () {
                         if (node.connected) {
                             node.connected = false;
                             node.log(RED._("mqtt.state.disconnected",{broker:(node.clientid?node.clientid+"@":"")+node.brokerurl}));
@@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
 
                     // Register connect error handler
                     // The client's own reconnect logic will take care of errors
-                    node.client.on('error', function (error) {
+                    node._clientOn('error', function (error) {
                     });
                 }catch(err) {
                     console.log(err);
@@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 if(node.connected || node.connecting) {
                     setStatusDisconnected(node, true);
                 }
-                if(node.client) { node.client.removeAllListeners(); }
+                if(node.client) { node._clientRemoveAllListeners(); }
                 node.connecting = false;
                 node.connected = false;
                 callback && typeof callback == "function" && callback();
@@ -837,7 +838,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         resolve();
                      } else {
                          const t = setTimeout(reject, ms);
-                         client.end(true, () => {
+                         client.end(() => {
                              clearTimeout(t);
                              resolve()
                          });
@@ -894,7 +895,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             };
             node.subscriptions[topic][ref] = sub;
             if (node.connected) {
-                node.client.on('message',sub.handler);
+                node._clientOn('message',sub.handler);
                 node.client.subscribe(topic, options);
             }
         };
@@ -996,12 +997,31 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         node.on('close', function(done) {
             node.disconnect(function() {
                 if(node.client) {
-                    node.client.removeAllListeners();
+                    node._clientRemoveAllListeners();
                 }
                 done();
             });
         });
 
+        // Helper functions to track the event listners we add to the
+        // client. The mqtt client also uses it own set of listeners
+        // so we can't use removeAllListeners() wothout breaking it
+        node._clientOn = function(event, f) {
+            node.clientListeners.push({event, f})
+            node.client.on(event, f)
+        } 
+
+        node._clientRemoveAllListeners = function(event) {
+            node.clientListeners = node.clientListeners.filter((l) => {
+                if (!event || (event == l.e)) {
+                    node.client.removeListener(l.event, l.f)
+                    return false;
+                }
+                else
+                    return true;
+            })
+        }
+
     }
 
     RED.nodes.registerType("mqtt-broker",MQTTBrokerNode,{