diff --git a/library.properties b/library.properties
index 594cf72..e5b2385 100644
--- a/library.properties
+++ b/library.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=MQTT
-version=2.4.6
+version=2.4.7
 author=Joel Gaehwiler <joel.gaehwiler@gmail.com>
 maintainer=Joel Gaehwiler <joel.gaehwiler@gmail.com>
 sentence=MQTT library for Arduino
diff --git a/src/MQTTClient.cpp b/src/MQTTClient.cpp
index 839be63..071d9c0 100644
--- a/src/MQTTClient.cpp
+++ b/src/MQTTClient.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ inline lwmqtt_err_t lwmqtt_arduino_network_read(void *ref, uint8_t *buffer, size
     }
 
     // wait/unblock for some time (RTOS based boards may otherwise fail since the wifi task cannot provide the data)
-    delay(1);
+    delay(0);
 
     // otherwise check status
     if (!n->client->connected()) {