diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70ab582..ffd4319 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Updated to work with the new version (`2.0.0`) of `emoji` library.
+
 ## [v0.7.1]
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@
 - Initial release
 
 
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/adbenitez/deltachat-cursed/compare/v0.7.1...HEAD
 [v0.7.1]: https://github.com/adbenitez/deltachat-cursed/compare/v0.7.0...v0.7.1
 [v0.7.0]: https://github.com/adbenitez/deltachat-cursed/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0
 [v0.6.0]: https://github.com/adbenitez/deltachat-cursed/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index f68ac00..c1370b5 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ deltachat>=1.79.0
 urwid>=2.1.2
 urwid-readline>=0.13
 notify-py>=0.3.3
-emoji>=1.7.0
+emoji>=2.0.0
diff --git a/src/deltachat_cursed/widgets/composer.py b/src/deltachat_cursed/widgets/composer.py
index ddd2e38..63b33aa 100644
--- a/src/deltachat_cursed/widgets/composer.py
+++ b/src/deltachat_cursed/widgets/composer.py
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import urwid
 import urwid_readline
 from deltachat import Chat, Message
 from emoji import demojize
-from emoji.unicode_codes import EMOJI_UNICODE_ENGLISH
+from emoji.unicode_codes import get_emoji_unicode_dict
 
 from ..util import COMMANDS, get_subtitle, shorten_text
 
+EMOJI_UNICODE_ENGLISH = get_emoji_unicode_dict("en")
+
 
 class ComposerWidget(urwid.Filler):
     def __init__(self, keymap: dict, display_emoji: bool) -> None: