diff --git a/pushover/README.md b/pushover/README.md
index 678c2feb1..74131566a 100755
--- a/pushover/README.md
+++ b/pushover/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Pushover is one out of many push services, which is compatible with Android, IOS
 
 ---
 ## Changelog
+__2023-11-22__:
+* add ttl parameter
+
 __2018-10-04__:
 
 * Use new lib.network
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ Description of the attributes:
 ---    
 ## Usage:
 
-### sh.po(title, message [, priority] [, retry] [, expire] [, sound] [, url] [, url_title] [, device] [, userKey] [, apiKey])
+### sh.po(title, message [, priority] [, retry] [, expire] [, ttl] [, sound] [, url] [, url_title] [, device] [, userKey] [, apiKey])
 Send a message to your device.  
 
 #### Parameters  
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ Send a message to your device.
 * __priority__: Priority of the message - read https://pushover.net/api#priority
 * __retry__: when Emergency priority set, this specifies how often (in seconds) the Pushover servers will send the same notification to the user - read https://pushover.net/api#priority
 * __expire__: when Emergency priority set, this specifies how many seconds your notification will continue to be retried for (every retry seconds) - read https://pushover.net/api#priority
+* __ttl__: specifies the time to live in seconds (ignored for priority 2 messages) - read https://pushover.net/api#ttl
 * __sound__: override a user's default tone choice on a per-notification basis - read https://pushover.net/api#sounds
 * __url__: adds a supplementary URL that is not included in the message text, but available for the user to click on - read https://pushover.net/api#urls
 * __url_title__: the title for the a supplementary URL - read https://pushover.net/api#urls
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ sh.po("Simple Test", "This is my test message.")
 sh.po("Warning", "Your door is not locked!", 1)
 
 # send simple message to device with id: e6653
-sh.po("Simple Test", "This is my test message", None, None, None, None, None, None, "e6653")
+sh.po("Simple Test", "This is my test message", device="e6653")
 
 # send a message with an attached image (camera snapshot for example)
 sh.po(title="Simple Test", message="This is my test message", attachment="/tmp/snapshot.jpg")
diff --git a/pushover/__init__.py b/pushover/__init__.py
index ca1c8e2ef..7b2b82418 100755
--- a/pushover/__init__.py
+++ b/pushover/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 class Pushover(SmartPlugin):
 
-    PLUGIN_VERSION = "1.6.1"
+    PLUGIN_VERSION = "1.6.2"
 
     _url = "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json"
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def run(self):
     def stop(self):
         self.alive = False
 
-    def __call__(self, title=None, message='', priority=None, retry=None, expire=None, sound=None, url=None, url_title=None, device=None, userKey=None, apiKey=None, attachment=None):
+    def __call__(self, title=None, message='', priority=None, retry=None, expire=None, ttl=None, sound=None, url=None, url_title=None, device=None, userKey=None, apiKey=None, attachment=None):
         data = {}
 
         data['timestamp'] = int(time.time())
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ def __call__(self, title=None, message='', priority=None, retry=None, expire=Non
             else:
                 self.logger.error("Pushover message priority need to be a number between -2 and 2!")
 
+        if ttl:
+            data['ttl'] = ttl
+
         if sound:
             data['sound'] = sound
 
diff --git a/pushover/plugin.yaml b/pushover/plugin.yaml
index 11caf9480..bbf782578 100755
--- a/pushover/plugin.yaml
+++ b/pushover/plugin.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugin:
     maintainer: 'Thomas Creutz'
     tester: None
     state: ready
-    version: 1.6.1                 # Plugin version
+    version: 1.6.2                 # Plugin version
     sh_minversion: 1.5             # minimum shNG version to use this plugin
     multi_instance: True           # plugin supports multi instance
     restartable: unknown