diff --git a/CHANGELOG_LATEST.md b/CHANGELOG_LATEST.md
index 9d1fc704e..e1ae835ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_LATEST.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_LATEST.md
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 ## Fixed
 
 ## Changed
+
+- set EMC_MIN_FREE_MEMORY to 40960
diff --git a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Config.h b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Config.h
index 940c2dea8..f43747421 100644
--- a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Config.h
+++ b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Config.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ the LICENSE file.
 #endif
 
 #ifndef EMC_MIN_FREE_MEMORY
-#define EMC_MIN_FREE_MEMORY 16384
+#define EMC_MIN_FREE_MEMORY 40960
 #endif
 
 #ifndef EMC_ESP8266_MULTITHREADING
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 915467bd0..b6cc182cf 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define EMSESP_APP_VERSION "3.7.0-dev.0"
+#define EMSESP_APP_VERSION "3.7.0-dev.1"