diff --git a/requirements-common.txt b/requirements-common.txt
index 03824891d0..a0d171fb83 100644
--- a/requirements-common.txt
+++ b/requirements-common.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PyMuPDF==1.24.2                     # PDF processing
 python-dotenv==1.0.0                # load environment variables from .env file
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0    # generate and verify the JWT tokens
 python-multipart==0.0.9             # a form data parser, as oauth flow requires form-data parameters
-rapidfuzz==3.6.1                    # Fuzzy String Matching
+rapidfuzz==3.8.1                    # Fuzzy String Matching
 redis==5.0.2
 requests==2.31.0
 SQLAlchemy[asyncio]==2.0.23         # [asyncio] allows greenlet to be installed on Apple M1 devices. The my[py] plugin is required in devellopment but Dependabot fails to manage two versions of the same module.