diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 494cf90c75..e90bb44790 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "countries<1.0.0,>=0.2.0",
     "django-ses==4.1.1",
     "hashids<2.0.0,>=1.2.0",
-    "django-autocomplete-light==3.9.4",
+    "django-autocomplete-light==3.12.1",
     "django-queryinspect<2.0.0,>=1.1.0",
     "lxml==6.0.0",
     "unidecode<2.0.0,>=1.1.1",