diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
index bd70adb4a7be64dd6c81503bbd5937b575981746..912e93d6d3226c15a82756cb816c190544a8e309 100644
--- a/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/settings.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
 LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
 
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
 EMAIL_HOST = env.get("EMAIL_HOST")
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = env.get("EMAIL_USER")