diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 227daabb..91e95812 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.simplemobiletools:commons:5.24.2'
+    implementation 'com.simplemobiletools:commons:5.24.3'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.0-beta4'
 
     kapt 'androidx.room:room-compiler:2.2.5'
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 6d9ddc0e..f96d5f98 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         view_pager.onPageChangeListener {
             currentTextFragment?.removeTextWatcher()
             currentNotesView()?.let { noteView ->
-                noteView.text.clearSpans()
+                noteView.text.clearBackgroundSpans()
             }
 
             closeSearch()
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
     private fun searchTextChanged(text: String) {
         currentNotesView()?.let { noteView ->
             currentTextFragment?.removeTextWatcher()
-            noteView.text.clearSpans()
+            noteView.text.clearBackgroundSpans()
 
             if (text.isNotBlank() && text.length > 1) {
                 searchMatches = noteView.value.searchMatches(text)