diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 260192a..99775c4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ else()
   add_library(Taskflow::Taskflow ALIAS Taskflow)
 endif()
 
-find_package(rapidfuzz 1.8.0 QUIET)
+find_package(rapidfuzz 1.9.0 QUIET)
 if(rapidfuzz_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Using system supplied version of rapidfuzz-cpp")
 else()