diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
index f42e3ab51..f9a0635f0 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
@@ -1777,13 +1777,9 @@ class Telegram(RPCHandler):
         msg += f"\nUpdated: {datetime.now().ctime()}"
         if not query.message:
             return
-        chat_id = query.message.chat_id
-        message_id = query.message.message_id
 
         try:
-            await self._app.bot.edit_message_text(
-                chat_id=chat_id,
-                message_id=message_id,
+            await query.edit_message_text(
                 text=msg,
                 parse_mode=parse_mode,
                 reply_markup=reply_markup
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 57d570be4..395c4cb27 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ccxt==4.2.42
 cryptography==42.0.2
 aiohttp==3.9.3
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.25
-python-telegram-bot==20.7
+python-telegram-bot==20.8
 # can't be hard-pinned due to telegram-bot pinning httpx with ~
 httpx>=0.24.1
 arrow==1.3.0
diff --git a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
index 2e6852876..3c683d7b3 100644
--- a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
+++ b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_telegram.py
@@ -2557,22 +2557,22 @@ async def test_telegram__send_msg(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
 
     # Test update
     query = MagicMock()
+    query.edit_message_text = AsyncMock()
     await telegram._send_msg('test', callback_path="DeadBeef", query=query, reload_able=True)
-    edit_message_text = telegram._app.bot.edit_message_text
-    assert edit_message_text.call_count == 1
-    assert "Updated: " in edit_message_text.call_args_list[0][1]['text']
+    assert query.edit_message_text.call_count == 1
+    assert "Updated: " in query.edit_message_text.call_args_list[0][1]['text']
 
-    telegram._app.bot.edit_message_text = AsyncMock(side_effect=BadRequest("not modified"))
+    query.edit_message_text = AsyncMock(side_effect=BadRequest("not modified"))
     await telegram._send_msg('test', callback_path="DeadBeef", query=query)
-    assert telegram._app.bot.edit_message_text.call_count == 1
+    assert query.edit_message_text.call_count == 1
     assert not log_has_re(r"TelegramError: .*", caplog)
 
-    telegram._app.bot.edit_message_text = AsyncMock(side_effect=BadRequest(""))
+    query.edit_message_text = AsyncMock(side_effect=BadRequest(""))
     await telegram._send_msg('test2', callback_path="DeadBeef", query=query)
-    assert telegram._app.bot.edit_message_text.call_count == 1
+    assert query.edit_message_text.call_count == 1
     assert log_has_re(r"TelegramError: .*", caplog)
 
-    telegram._app.bot.edit_message_text = AsyncMock(side_effect=TelegramError("DeadBEEF"))
+    query.edit_message_text = AsyncMock(side_effect=TelegramError("DeadBEEF"))
     await telegram._send_msg('test3', callback_path="DeadBeef", query=query)
 
     assert log_has_re(r"TelegramError: DeadBEEF! Giving up.*", caplog)