diff --git a/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conandata.yml
index d957900ce0bc5..9f0236641e7c1 100644
--- a/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conandata.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 sources:
+  "1.2.0":
+    sha256: 435e97e4d5b1da13daa26cadd3e83fe9d154930abaa78b8ff1b8c854b5345d8b
+    url: https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.cpp/archive/v1.2.0.tar.gz
   "1.1":
     sha256: cb0343349ed91ef51d0e76ae860d19435a730d3d355e57886bb090014cb70bbe
-    url: https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.cpp/archive/v1.1.tar.gz  
+    url: https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.cpp/archive/v1.1.tar.gz
   "1.0.1":
     sha256: e97386d159b811e534b98d21e3f6881ab2b43678ec026da7525d5c21ebc292ff
     url: https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.cpp/archive/v1.0.1.tar.gz
-
 patches:
   "1.1":
     - patch_file: "patches/1.1/0001-deadlock_and_remlog-for-1-1.patch"
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
     - patch_file: "patches/1.1/0002-ios_fix.patch"
-      base_path: "source_subfolder" 
-
+      base_path: "source_subfolder"
   "1.0.1":
     - patch_file: "patches/1.0.1/0001-fix-cmake-module-path.patch"
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
@@ -20,4 +21,3 @@ patches:
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
     - patch_file: "patches/1.0.1/0003-fix-paho-mqtt-cpp-config-cmake.patch"
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
-
diff --git a/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conanfile.py
index f684b55171443..c8668dd8a0232 100644
--- a/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/all/conanfile.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ class PahoMqttCppConan(ConanFile):
     name = "paho-mqtt-cpp"
     url = "https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index"
     homepage = "https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.cpp"
-    topics = ("MQTT", "IoT", "eclipse", "SSL", "paho", "Cpp")
+    topics = ("mqtt", "iot", "eclipse", "ssl", "paho", "cpp")
     license = "EPL-1.0"
-    description = """The open-source client implementations of MQTT and MQTT-SN"""
-    exports_sources = ["CMakeLists.txt", "patches/*"]
+    description = "The open-source client implementations of MQTT and MQTT-SN"
+    exports_sources = ["CMakeLists.txt", "patches/**"]
     generators = "cmake", "cmake_find_package"
     settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
     options = {"shared": [True, False],
@@ -38,15 +38,22 @@ def configure(self):
             tools.check_min_cppstd(self, minimal_cpp_standard)
 
         if self.settings.os == "Windows" and self.options.shared:
-            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(
-                "Paho cpp can not be built as shared on Windows.")
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("{} can not be built as shared on Windows.".format(self.name))
 
         self.options["paho-mqtt-c"].shared = self.options.shared
         self.options["paho-mqtt-c"].ssl = self.options.ssl
 
+    def validate(self):
+        if self.options["paho-mqtt-c"].shared != self.options.shared:
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("{} requires paho-mqtt-c to have a matching 'shared' option.".format(self.name))
+        if self.options["paho-mqtt-c"].ssl != self.options.ssl:
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("{} requires paho-mqtt-c to have a matching 'ssl' option.".format(self.name))
 
     def requirements(self):
-        self.requires("paho-mqtt-c/1.3.5")
+        if tools.Version(self.version) >= "1.2.0":
+            self.requires("paho-mqtt-c/1.3.8")
+        else:
+            self.requires("paho-mqtt-c/1.3.1") # https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.cpp/releases/tag/v1.1
 
     def source(self):
         tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
@@ -66,7 +73,14 @@ def _configure_cmake(self):
         return self._cmake
 
     def build(self):
-        for patch in self.conan_data["patches"][self.version]:
+        # See this conversation https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/pull/4096#discussion_r556119143
+        # Changed by https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.c/commit/f875768984574fede6065c8ede0a7eac890a6e09
+        # and https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.c/commit/c116b725fff631180414a6e99701977715a4a690
+        # FIXME: after https://github.com/conan-io/conan/pull/8053#pullrequestreview-541120387
+        if tools.Version(self.version) < "1.2.0" and tools.Version(self.deps_cpp_info["paho-mqtt-c"].version) >= "1.3.2":
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("{}/{} requires paho-mqtt-c =< 1.3.1".format(self.name, self.version))
+
+        for patch in self.conan_data.get("patches", {}).get(self.version, []):
             tools.patch(**patch)
         cmake = self._configure_cmake()
         cmake.build()
diff --git a/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/config.yml b/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/config.yml
index 59f223359dda8..1970391ed5cca 100644
--- a/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/config.yml
+++ b/recipes/paho-mqtt-cpp/config.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ versions:
     folder: "all"
   "1.1":
     folder: "all"
+  "1.2.0":
+    folder: "all"