diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f10b90c12..813b0616f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ repos:
           - --jobs=0
 
         additional_dependencies:
-          - httpx~=0.22.0
+          - httpx~=0.23.0
           - tornado~=6.1
           - APScheduler~=3.9.1
           - cachetools~=5.1.0
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ repos:
           - types-pytz
           - types-cryptography
           - types-cachetools
-          - httpx~=0.22.0
+          - httpx~=0.23.0
           - tornado~=6.1
           - APScheduler~=3.9.1
           - cachetools~=5.1.0
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b548531b3..dd87dccbd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Dependencies & Their Versions
 However, for some features using a 3rd party library is more sane than implementing the functionality again.
 The dependencies are:
 
-* `httpx ~= 0.22.0 <https://www.python-httpx.org>`_ for ``telegram.request.HTTPXRequest``, the default networking backend
+* `httpx ~= 0.23.0 <https://www.python-httpx.org>`_ for ``telegram.request.HTTPXRequest``, the default networking backend
 * `tornado~=6.1 <https://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/>`_ for ``telegram.ext.Updater.start_webhook``
 * `cachetools~=5.1.0 <https://cachetools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ for ``telegram.ext.CallbackDataCache``
 * `APScheduler~=3.9.1 <https://apscheduler.readthedocs.io/en/3.x/>`_ for ``telegram.ext.JobQueue``
diff --git a/README_RAW.rst b/README_RAW.rst
index 65f41547c..92dd43ec1 100644
--- a/README_RAW.rst
+++ b/README_RAW.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Dependencies & Their Versions
 However, for some features using a 3rd party library is more sane than implementing the functionality again.
 The dependencies are:
 
-* `httpx ~= 0.22.0 <https://www.python-httpx.org>`_ for ``telegram.request.HTTPXRequest``, the default networking backend
+* `httpx ~= 0.23.0 <https://www.python-httpx.org>`_ for ``telegram.request.HTTPXRequest``, the default networking backend
 
 ``python-telegram-bot`` is most useful when used along with additional libraries.
 To minimize dependency conflicts, we try to be liberal in terms of version requirements on the dependencies.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d16c32dc2..5f997871e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # versions and only increase the lower bound if necessary
 
 # httpx has no stable release yet, so let's be cautious for now
-httpx ~= 0.22.0
+httpx ~= 0.23.0
 # only telegram.ext: # Keep this line here; used in setup(-raw).py
 
 # tornado is rather stable, but let's not allow the next mayor release without prior testing