diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-telegram-bot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-telegram-bot/default.nix
index 27276e0619cd..b5155fd4bb65 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-telegram-bot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-telegram-bot/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,33 @@
 { lib
-, fetchPypi
+, APScheduler
 , buildPythonPackage
 , certifi
 , decorator
+, fetchPypi
 , future
-, urllib3
-, tornado
-, pytest
-, APScheduler
 , isPy3k
+, tornado
+, urllib3
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-telegram-bot";
-  version = "13.3";
+  version = "13.4.1";
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-dw1sGfdeUw3n9qh4TsBpRdqEvNI0SnKTK4wqBaeM1CE=";
+    sha256 = "141w3701jjl460702xddqvi3hswp24jnkl6cakvz2aqrmcyxq7sc";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ certifi future urllib3 tornado decorator APScheduler ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    APScheduler
+    certifi
+    decorator
+    future
+    tornado
+    urllib3
+  ];
 
   # --with-upstream-urllib3 is not working properly
   postPatch = ''
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     substituteInPlace requirements.txt \
       --replace 'APScheduler==3.6.3' 'APScheduler'
   '';
+
   setupPyGlobalFlags = "--with-upstream-urllib3";
 
   # tests not included with release
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "telegram" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "This library provides a pure Python interface for the Telegram Bot API.";
+    description = "Python library to interface with the Telegram Bot API";
     homepage = "https://python-telegram-bot.org";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl pingiun ];