diff --git a/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/ble/adapters/bleak_wrapper.py b/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/ble/adapters/bleak_wrapper.py
index f100399d..d51543f2 100644
--- a/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/ble/adapters/bleak_wrapper.py
+++ b/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/ble/adapters/bleak_wrapper.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing import Pattern, Any, Callable, Optional
 
 import pexpect
+from packaging.version import Version
 from bleak import BleakScanner, BleakClient
 from bleak.backends.device import BLEDevice as BleakDevice
 from bleak.backends.characteristic import BleakGATTCharacteristic
@@ -302,14 +303,24 @@ def pair(self, handle: BleakClient) -> None:
         async def _async_def_pair() -> None:
             logger.debug("Attempting to pair...")
             if (OS := platform.system()) == "Linux":
+                logger.info("Pairing with bluetoothctl")
                 # Manually control bluetoothctl on Linux
                 bluetoothctl = pexpect.spawn("bluetoothctl")
                 if logger.level == logging.DEBUG:
                     bluetoothctl.logfile = sys.stdout.buffer
                 bluetoothctl.expect("Agent registered")
+                # Get the version
+                bluetoothctl.sendline("version")
+                bluetoothctl.expect(r"Version")
+                bluetoothctl.expect(r"\n")
+                version = Version(bluetoothctl.before.decode("utf-8").strip())
                 # First see if we are already paired
-                bluetoothctl.sendline("paired-devices")
-                bluetoothctl.expect("paired-devices")
+                if version >= Version("5.66"):
+                    bluetoothctl.sendline("devices Paired")
+                    bluetoothctl.expect("devices Paired")
+                else:
+                    bluetoothctl.sendline("paired-devices")
+                    bluetoothctl.expect("paired-devices")
                 bluetoothctl.expect(r"#")
                 for device in bluetoothctl.before.decode("utf-8").splitlines():
                     if "Device" in device and device.split()[1] == handle.address:
@@ -317,9 +328,11 @@ async def _async_def_pair() -> None:
                 else:
                     # We're not paired so do it now
                     bluetoothctl.sendline(f"pair {handle.address}")
-                    bluetoothctl.expect("Accept pairing")
-                    bluetoothctl.sendline("yes")
-                    bluetoothctl.expect("Pairing successful")
+                    if (match := bluetoothctl.expect(["Accept pairing", "Pairing successful"])) == 0:
+                        bluetoothctl.sendline("yes")
+                        bluetoothctl.expect("Pairing successful")
+                    elif match == 1:  # We received pairing successful so nothing else to do
+                        pass
 
             elif OS == "Darwin":
                 # No pairing on Mac
diff --git a/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/util.py b/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/util.py
index 5d6c3982..15cfe3e1 100644
--- a/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/util.py
+++ b/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/open_gopro/util.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def __init__(
             "open_gopro.api.http_commands": logging.DEBUG,
             "open_gopro.api.ble_commands": logging.DEBUG,
             "open_gopro.communication_client": logging.DEBUG,
-            "open_gopro.ble.adapters.bleak_wrapper": logging.INFO,
+            "open_gopro.ble.adapters.bleak_wrapper": logging.INFO,  # DEBUG for pexpect communication
             "open_gopro.ble.client": logging.DEBUG,
             "open_gopro.wifi.adapters.wireless": logging.DEBUG,
             "open_gopro.responses": logging.DEBUG,