diff --git a/requirements-common.txt b/requirements-common.txt
index 4a5d66c09..e1572e215 100644
--- a/requirements-common.txt
+++ b/requirements-common.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # mainly used for Raspberry pi installs
 ccxt==1.25.81
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.16
-python-telegram-bot==12.5.1
+python-telegram-bot==12.6.1
 arrow==0.15.5
 cachetools==4.0.0
 requests==2.23.0