diff --git a/ovos_utils/fakebus.py b/ovos_utils/fakebus.py
index 4e86ddc..d08300f 100644
--- a/ovos_utils/fakebus.py
+++ b/ovos_utils/fakebus.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 from threading import Event
 
-from pyee import BaseEventEmitter
+from pyee import EventEmitter
 
 from ovos_utils.log import LOG, log_deprecation
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class FakeBus:
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.started_running = False
         self.session_id = "default"
-        self.ee = kwargs.get("emitter") or BaseEventEmitter()
+        self.ee = kwargs.get("emitter") or EventEmitter()
         self.ee.on("error", self.on_error)
         self.on_open()
         try:
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 70a857a..53510a8 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requests~=2.26
 json_database~=0.7
 kthread~=0.2
 watchdog
-pyee
+pyee>=8.0.0
 combo-lock~=0.2
 rich-click~=1.7
 rich~=13.7