diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index de62eef6b1..eecb9c4a5b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pytube==15.0.0
 
 extract_msg
 pydub
-duckduckgo-search~=6.3.5
+duckduckgo-search~=7.2.1
 
 ## Google Drive
 google-api-python-client
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 240f9c3678..edd01db8f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
     "extract_msg",
     "pydub",
-    "duckduckgo-search~=6.3.5",
+    "duckduckgo-search~=7.2.1",
 
     "google-api-python-client",
     "google-auth-httplib2",