diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79d8a8e673..d1468f2cfc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Important changes to data models, configuration, and migrations between each
 AppEngine version, listed here to ease deployment and troubleshooting.
 
 ## Next Release (replace with git tag when deployed)
+ * Note: `search` increased `description` weight from `0.9` to `1.0`.
 
 ## `20241107t132800-all`
  * `search` uses the `IndexedScore` to reduce memory allocations.
diff --git a/app/lib/search/mem_index.dart b/app/lib/search/mem_index.dart
index 0269458b0c..23b612f694 100644
--- a/app/lib/search/mem_index.dart
+++ b/app/lib/search/mem_index.dart
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class InMemoryPackageIndex {
 
         final wordScore =
             _packageNameIndex.searchWord(word, filterOnNonZeros: packageScores);
-        _descrIndex.searchAndAccumulate(word, weight: 0.90, score: wordScore);
+        _descrIndex.searchAndAccumulate(word, score: wordScore);
         _readmeIndex.searchAndAccumulate(word, weight: 0.75, score: wordScore);
         packageScores.multiplyAllFrom(wordScore);
       }
diff --git a/app/test/search/bluetooth_test.dart b/app/test/search/bluetooth_test.dart
index d1200f7139..f14c6712d5 100644
--- a/app/test/search/bluetooth_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/search/bluetooth_test.dart
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void main() {
         'packageHits': [
           {
             'package': 'flutter_blue',
-            'score': closeTo(0.89, 0.01),
+            'score': closeTo(0.98, 0.01),
           },
         ],
       });
diff --git a/app/test/search/in_app_payments_test.dart b/app/test/search/in_app_payments_test.dart
index ca59e8be70..c58d5c05ad 100644
--- a/app/test/search/in_app_payments_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/search/in_app_payments_test.dart
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Add _In-App Payments_ to your Flutter app with this plugin.''')),
         'packageHits': [
           {
             'package': 'flutter_iap',
-            'score': closeTo(0.57, 0.01),
+            'score': closeTo(0.70, 0.01),
           },
         ],
       });
diff --git a/app/test/search/json_tool_test.dart b/app/test/search/json_tool_test.dart
index e54d3b6350..2b9e0c13a1 100644
--- a/app/test/search/json_tool_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/search/json_tool_test.dart
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void main() {
         'sdkLibraryHits': [],
         'packageHits': [
           {'package': 'jsontool', 'score': 1.0},
-          {'package': 'json2entity', 'score': closeTo(0.87, 0.01)},
+          {'package': 'json2entity', 'score': closeTo(0.97, 0.01)},
           {'package': 'json_to_model', 'score': closeTo(0.73, 0.01)},
         ],
       });
diff --git a/app/test/search/mem_index_test.dart b/app/test/search/mem_index_test.dart
index 41914429e3..3087e2390b 100644
--- a/app/test/search/mem_index_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/search/mem_index_test.dart
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
         'packageHits': [
           {
             'package': 'http',
-            'score': closeTo(0.85, 0.01),
+            'score': closeTo(0.93, 0.01),
           },
         ],
       });
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
         'sdkLibraryHits': [],
         'packageHits': [
           {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.69, 0.01)},
-          {'package': 'async', 'score': closeTo(0.57, 0.01)},
+          {'package': 'async', 'score': closeTo(0.63, 0.01)},
         ],
       });
     });
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
         'totalCount': 1,
         'sdkLibraryHits': [],
         'packageHits': [
-          {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.85, 0.01)},
+          {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.93, 0.01)},
         ],
       });
     });
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
         'totalCount': 1,
         'sdkLibraryHits': [],
         'packageHits': [
-          {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.87, 0.01)},
+          {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.98, 0.01)},
         ],
       });
 
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
         'totalCount': 3,
         'sdkLibraryHits': [],
         'packageHits': [
-          {'package': 'chrome_net', 'score': closeTo(0.88, 0.01)},
-          {'package': 'async', 'score': closeTo(0.88, 0.01)},
+          {'package': 'chrome_net', 'score': closeTo(0.98, 0.01)},
+          {'package': 'async', 'score': closeTo(0.98, 0.01)},
           {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.72, 0.01)},
         ],
       });
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
         'totalCount': 1,
         'sdkLibraryHits': [],
         'packageHits': [
-          {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.63, 0.01)},
+          {'package': 'http', 'score': closeTo(0.70, 0.01)},
         ],
       });
     });
@@ -615,8 +615,8 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
             'totalCount': 2,
             'sdkLibraryHits': [],
             'packageHits': [
-              {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.69, 0.01)},
-              {'package': 'abc', 'score': closeTo(0.42, 0.01)},
+              {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.77, 0.01)},
+              {'package': 'abc', 'score': closeTo(0.47, 0.01)},
             ]
           },
         );
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
           'sdkLibraryHits': [],
           'packageHits': [
             // `abc` is at its natural place
-            {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.69, 0.01)},
+            {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.77, 0.01)},
             {'package': 'abc', 'score': closeTo(0.48, 0.01)},
           ]
         });
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
               'sdkLibraryHits': [],
               'packageHits': [
                 // `abc` is at its natural place
-                {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.69, 0.01)},
+                {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.77, 0.01)},
                 {'package': 'abc', 'score': closeTo(0.48, 0.01)},
               ]
             });
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
               'sdkLibraryHits': [],
               'packageHits': [
                 // `abc` is not present in the package list
-                {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.69, 0.01)},
+                {'package': 'def', 'score': closeTo(0.77, 0.01)},
               ]
             });
       });
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ server.dart adds a small, prescriptive server (PicoServer) that can be configure
           'sdkLibraryHits': [],
           'packageHits': [
             {'package': 'flutter_modular', 'score': 1.0},
-            {'package': 'serveme', 'score': closeTo(0.87, 0.01)},
+            {'package': 'serveme', 'score': closeTo(0.97, 0.01)},
           ]
         },
       );
diff --git a/app/test/search/rest_api_test.dart b/app/test/search/rest_api_test.dart
index b4a949cfd0..c31001ed78 100644
--- a/app/test/search/rest_api_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/search/rest_api_test.dart
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Recent versions (0.3.x and 0.4.x) of this plugin require [extensible codec funct
         'packageHits': [
           {
             'package': 'currency_cloud',
-            'score': closeTo(0.77, 0.01),
+            'score': closeTo(0.95, 0.01),
           },
           {
             'package': 'cloud_firestore', // finds `rest` in name