diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 9396b0e..273aa6c 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ httpx==0.26.0
 requests==2.31.0
 pytest==7.4.4
 pytest-asyncio==0.23.3
+rapidfuzz==3.6.1