diff --git a/requirements-bot.txt b/requirements-bot.txt
index bef20ddaf..8f0d91422 100644
--- a/requirements-bot.txt
+++ b/requirements-bot.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # bot requirements
-discord.py>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+discord.py>=2.4.0,<3.0.0
 python-telegram-bot[job-queue]~=20.0
 # pydrive>=1.3.1,<2.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8b436a308..9b0c11efd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ setuptools<=60.0.0
 # win_unicode_console~=0.5
 
 # bot requirements
-discord.py>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+discord.py>=2.4.0,<3.0.0
 python-telegram-bot[job-queue]~=20.0
 # pydrive>=1.3.1,<2.0.0