diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0da1c3f3d..3c8ae3e0b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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==0.0.6             # a form data parser, as oauth flow requires form-data parameters
 SQLAlchemy[asyncio]==2.0.20   # [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.
-rapidfuzz==3.2.0                         # Fuzzy String Matching
+rapidfuzz==3.4.0                         # Fuzzy String Matching
 requests==2.31.0
 unidecode==1.3.6
 uvicorn[standard]==0.23.2