diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 668de8c0..22421ecc 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiolimiter"
@@ -1930,13 +1930,13 @@ unidecode = ["Unidecode (>=1.1.1)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "python-telegram-bot"
-version = "21.7"
+version = "21.8"
 description = "We have made you a wrapper you can't refuse"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
-    {file = "python_telegram_bot-21.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aff1d7245f1b0d4d12d41c9acff74e86d7100713c2204cd02ff17f8d80d18846"},
-    {file = "python_telegram_bot-21.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bc8537b77ae02531fc2ad440caafc023fd13f13cf19e592dfa1a9ff84988a012"},
+    {file = "python_telegram_bot-21.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2fea8e65d97e593f47666e7de81fb15bd517100504e98ca7cb399ee6ce4f3838"},
+    {file = "python_telegram_bot-21.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:114437f194e32eee0651f25fb1ab1664b605e877ca33adf58547a599afe73b72"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2891,4 +2891,4 @@ resolved_reference = "f9197295388b44ee0a8992cb00f361c7ef42acdb"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "1a8c9afd28e91c215240e153afa3a9df20f04b0f0e7ebd2e968cfd32a8be1e03"
+content-hash = "b4e897565a138765d0e994e6aa9081ab90a3bc2e397875798a3d5ad29b5c67b3"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aa868d0f..736aeae5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ scdlbot = "scdlbot.__main__:main"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"
-python-telegram-bot = { version = "21.7", extras = ["webhooks", "job-queue", "http2", "rate-limiter"] }
+python-telegram-bot = { version = "21.8", extras = ["webhooks", "job-queue", "http2", "rate-limiter"] }
 #ptbcontrib = { git = "https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/ptbcontrib.git", branch = "main", extras = ["postgres-persistence"] }
 # https://python-poetry.org/docs/dependency-specification#path-dependencies
 #ptbcontrib = { path = "../ptbcontrib/", develop = false }