diff --git a/plugins/clnrest/__init__.py b/plugins/clnrest/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/plugins/clnrest/requirements.txt b/plugins/clnrest/requirements.txt
index 8c1ef9e4f..17207085d 100644
--- a/plugins/clnrest/requirements.txt
+++ b/plugins/clnrest/requirements.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ MarkupSafe==2.1.3
 packaging==23.1
 pycparser==2.21
 pyln-bolt7==1.0.246
-pyln-client==23.5.2
-pyln-proto==23.5.2
+pyln-client==23.8
+pyln-proto==23.8
 PySocks==1.7.1
 python-engineio==4.5.1
 python-socketio==5.8.0