diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7896d4dd7..b59e98ae8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ setup(
     ],
     install_requires=[
         # from requirements.txt
-        'ccxt>=2.6.26',
+        'ccxt>=3.0.0',
         'SQLAlchemy>=2.0.6',
         'python-telegram-bot>=20.1',
         'arrow>=0.17.0',