diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 418bf5b..caf1119 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Release Notes
 Semantic versioning is followed.
 
 
+Version 0.7.1
+-------------
+Released 2019-03-25
+
+* Compatibility fix for kombu > 4.3.0 
+
+
 Version 0.7.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/nameko_amqp_retry/backoff.py b/nameko_amqp_retry/backoff.py
index 87f2bea..8a22958 100644
--- a/nameko_amqp_retry/backoff.py
+++ b/nameko_amqp_retry/backoff.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import random
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 import six
-from kombu import Connection
+from kombu import Connection, __version__ as kombu_version
 from kombu.common import maybe_declare
 from kombu.messaging import Exchange, Queue
 from nameko.amqp.publish import Publisher
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@
 EXPIRY_GRACE_PERIOD = 5000  # ms
 
 
+KOMBU_PRE_4_3 = parse_version(kombu_version) < parse_version('4.3.0')
+
+
 def get_backoff_queue_name(expiration):
     return "backoff--{}ms".format(expiration)
 
@@ -130,13 +134,15 @@ def republish(self, backoff_exc, message, target_queue):
 
         amqp_uri = self.container.config[AMQP_URI_CONFIG_KEY]
 
-        # force redeclaration; the publisher will skip declaration if
-        # the entity has previously been declared by the same connection
+        # force redeclaration;
+        # In kombu versions prior to 4.3.0, the publisher will skip declaration if
+        # the entity has previously been declared by the same connection.
         # (see https://github.com/celery/kombu/pull/884)
         conn = Connection(amqp_uri)
-        maybe_declare(
-            queue, conn.channel(), retry=True, **DEFAULT_RETRY_POLICY
-        )
+        if KOMBU_PRE_4_3:  # pragma: no cover
+            maybe_declare(
+                queue, conn.channel(), retry=True, **DEFAULT_RETRY_POLICY
+            )
 
         # republish to appropriate backoff queue
         publisher = Publisher(amqp_uri)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2283c6..3fa3a35 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='nameko-amqp-retry',
-    version='0.7.0',
+    version='0.7.1',
     description='Nameko extension allowing AMQP entrypoints to retry later',
     author='Student.com',
     url='http://github.com/nameko/nameko-amqp-retry',