diff --git a/aleksis/core/settings.py b/aleksis/core/settings.py
index 9dbbabd9477cf783a95b0b96e93a1eb72e91cf61..435169a49f867cc92d8e9c552eec14ec35d041fd 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/settings.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/settings.py
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ YARN_INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "jquery@^3.6.0",
     "@materializecss/materialize@~1.0.0",
     "material-design-icons-iconfont@^6.6.0",
-    "select2@^4.1.0-rc.0",
     "select2-materialize@^0.1.8",
     "paper-css@^0.4.1",
     "jquery-sortablejs@^1.0.1",
@@ -610,11 +609,6 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = (
     JS_ROOT,
 )
 
-
-SELECT2_CSS = JS_URL + "/select2/dist/css/select2.min.css"
-SELECT2_JS = JS_URL + "/select2/dist/js/select2.min.js"
-SELECT2_I18N_PATH = JS_URL + "/select2/dist/js/i18n"
-
 ANY_JS = {
     "materialize": {"js_url": JS_URL + "/@materializecss/materialize/dist/js/materialize.min.js"},
     "jQuery": {"js_url": JS_URL + "/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c299198fdd20d2b90b93dc0b0dcaa9f1314b98f..92ab495ebb314f932612884c2c21e4a7904e29bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ django-maintenance-mode = "^0.16.3"
 django-ipware = "^4.0"
 django-impersonate = "^1.4"
 psycopg2 = "^2.8"
-django_select2 = "^7.1"
+django_select2 = "^8.0"
 django-two-factor-auth = { version = "^1.14.0", extras = [ "yubikey", "phonenumbers", "call", "sms" ] }
 django-yarnpkg = "^6.0"
 django-material = "^1.6.0"