diff --git a/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/src/bot.py b/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/src/bot.py
index bac040c..3aea46f 100644
--- a/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/src/bot.py
+++ b/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/src/bot.py
@@ -63,17 +63,15 @@ def transcribe_voice(file_path_or_url: str, api_key: str) -> str | None:
     if not audio_bytes:
         return None
 
-    client = DeepgramClient(api_key)
+    client = DeepgramClient(api_key=api_key)
 
     # SDK v5 Python: transcribe_file() accepts raw bytes.
     # Deepgram auto-detects the audio format from the file header.
     # nova-3 is the current flagship model (2025). For phone-call
     # audio use nova-3-phonecall; for medical dictation use nova-3-medical.
     response = client.listen.v1.media.transcribe_file(
-        audio_bytes,
+        request=audio_bytes,
         model="nova-3",
-        # smart_format adds punctuation, capitalisation, and paragraph
-        # breaks. Adds ~10 ms latency — almost always worth enabling.
         smart_format=True,
         tag="deepgram-examples",
     )
@@ -115,13 +113,9 @@ async def handle_voice(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> No
         # nova-3 is the current flagship model (2025). For phone-call
         # audio use nova-3-phonecall; for medical dictation use nova-3-medical.
         response = client.listen.v1.media.transcribe_file(
-            audio_bytes,
+            request=audio_bytes,
             model="nova-3",
-            # smart_format adds punctuation, capitalisation, and paragraph
-            # breaks. Adds ~10 ms latency — almost always worth enabling.
             smart_format=True,
-            # Telegram voice messages are typically one speaker. Enable
-            # diarize=True if you expect multi-speaker forwarded recordings.
             tag="deepgram-examples",
         )
 
diff --git a/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/tests/test_example.py b/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/tests/test_example.py
index e47c634..e242f5f 100644
--- a/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/tests/test_example.py
+++ b/examples/130-telegram-bot-python/tests/test_example.py
@@ -8,15 +8,10 @@
 #   1 = real test failure (code bug, assertion error, unexpected API response)
 #   2 = missing credentials (expected in CI until secrets are configured)
 #
-# Note: TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN is listed in .env.example because it is needed to
-# run the bot, but we only need DEEPGRAM_API_KEY to exercise the core
-# transcription logic tested here.
-env_example = Path(__file__).parent.parent / ".env.example"
-required = [
-    line.split("=")[0].strip()
-    for line in env_example.read_text().splitlines()
-    if line and not line.startswith("#") and "=" in line and line[0].isupper()
-]
+# Only DEEPGRAM_API_KEY is needed for the transcription tests below.
+# TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN is required to *run* the bot but not to test the
+# core transcribe_voice() function we exercise here.
+required = ["DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"]
 missing = [k for k in required if not os.environ.get(k)]
 if missing:
     print(f"MISSING_CREDENTIALS: {','.join(missing)}", file=sys.stderr)