diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 85b408273..ef9182f3b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ccxt==1.36.2
 multidict==4.7.6
 aiohttp==3.6.3
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.19
-python-telegram-bot==12.8
+python-telegram-bot==13.0
 arrow==0.17.0
 cachetools==4.1.1
 requests==2.24.0
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2153fd327..f90f0e62b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def default_conf(testdatadir):
 @pytest.fixture
 def update():
     _update = Update(0)
-    _update.message = Message(0, 0, datetime.utcnow(), Chat(0, 0))
+    _update.message = Message(0, datetime.utcnow(), Chat(0, 0))
     return _update
 
 
diff --git a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
index c62282cf0..230df0df9 100644
--- a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
+++ b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_telegram_init(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     assert log_has(message_str, caplog)
 
 
-def test_cleanup(default_conf, mocker) -> None:
+def test_cleanup(default_conf, mocker, ) -> None:
     updater_mock = MagicMock()
     updater_mock.stop = MagicMock()
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.rpc.telegram.Updater', updater_mock)
@@ -92,13 +92,9 @@ def test_cleanup(default_conf, mocker) -> None:
     assert telegram._updater.stop.call_count == 1
 
 
-def test_authorized_only(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
+def test_authorized_only(default_conf, mocker, caplog, update) -> None:
     patch_exchange(mocker)
 
-    chat = Chat(0, 0)
-    update = Update(randint(1, 100))
-    update.message = Message(randint(1, 100), 0, datetime.utcnow(), chat)
-
     default_conf['telegram']['enabled'] = False
     bot = FreqtradeBot(default_conf)
     patch_get_signal(bot, (True, False))
@@ -114,7 +110,7 @@ def test_authorized_only_unauthorized(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     patch_exchange(mocker)
     chat = Chat(0xdeadbeef, 0)
     update = Update(randint(1, 100))
-    update.message = Message(randint(1, 100), 0, datetime.utcnow(), chat)
+    update.message = Message(randint(1, 100), datetime.utcnow(), chat)
 
     default_conf['telegram']['enabled'] = False
     bot = FreqtradeBot(default_conf)
@@ -127,12 +123,9 @@ def test_authorized_only_unauthorized(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     assert not log_has('Exception occurred within Telegram module', caplog)
 
 
-def test_authorized_only_exception(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
+def test_authorized_only_exception(default_conf, mocker, caplog, update) -> None:
     patch_exchange(mocker)
 
-    update = Update(randint(1, 100))
-    update.message = Message(randint(1, 100), 0, datetime.utcnow(), Chat(0, 0))
-
     default_conf['telegram']['enabled'] = False
 
     bot = FreqtradeBot(default_conf)
@@ -146,7 +139,7 @@ def test_authorized_only_exception(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     assert log_has('Exception occurred within Telegram module', caplog)
 
 
-def test_telegram_status(default_conf, update, mocker, fee, ticker,) -> None:
+def test_telegram_status(default_conf, update, mocker) -> None:
     update.message.chat.id = "123"
     default_conf['telegram']['enabled'] = False
     default_conf['telegram']['chat_id'] = "123"