diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index ad490d00a..07ef21f81 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pytube==15.0.0
 
 extract_msg
 pydub
-duckduckgo-search~=7.5.5
+duckduckgo-search~=8.0.0
 
 ## Google Drive
 google-api-python-client
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 18e833290..159716ab2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
     "extract_msg",
     "pydub",
-    "duckduckgo-search~=7.5.5",
+    "duckduckgo-search~=8.0.0",
 
     "google-api-python-client",
     "google-auth-httplib2",