diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 97d5f839af..8dceea395f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ youtube-transcript-api==1.1.0
 pytube==15.0.0
 
 pydub
-duckduckgo-search==8.0.2
+ddgs==9.0.0
 
 ## Google Drive
 google-api-python-client
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f55deedd21..ad08c334e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pytube==15.0.0",
 
     "pydub",
-    "duckduckgo-search==8.0.2",
+    "ddgs==9.0.0",
 
     "google-api-python-client",
     "google-auth-httplib2",