diff --git a/.github/workflows/spotify-downloader-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/spotify-downloader-ci.yml
index c0741a5ae..2cc7a1c43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spotify-downloader-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spotify-downloader-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         platform: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
-        python-version: [ 3.6.7, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 ]
+        python-version: [ 3.6.7, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10.0 ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 27361f449..ae62d18c8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ install_requires =
     spotipy >= 2.19.0
     pytube >= 11.0.0
     rich
-    rapidfuzz
+    thefuzz
+    thefuzz[speedup]
     mutagen
     ytmusicapi
     yt-dlp
diff --git a/spotdl/providers/provider_utils.py b/spotdl/providers/provider_utils.py
index 0cb656ed4..9ba01c6e9 100644
--- a/spotdl/providers/provider_utils.py
+++ b/spotdl/providers/provider_utils.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import requests
 
 from typing import List
-from rapidfuzz import fuzz
+from thefuzz import fuzz
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
 def _match_percentage(str1: str, str2: str, score_cutoff: float = 0) -> float:
     """
-    A wrapper around `rapidfuzz.fuzz.partial_ratio` to handle UTF-8 encoded
+    A wrapper around `thefuzz.fuzz.partial_ratio` to handle UTF-8 encoded
     emojis that usually cause errors
 
     `str` `str1` : a random sentence
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ def _match_percentage(str1: str, str2: str, score_cutoff: float = 0) -> float:
 
     # ! this will throw an error if either string contains a UTF-8 encoded emoji
     try:
-        return fuzz.partial_ratio(str1, str2, score_cutoff=score_cutoff)
+        partial_ratio = fuzz.partial_ratio(str1, str2)
+
+        if partial_ratio < score_cutoff:
+            return 0
+
+        return partial_ratio
 
     # ! we build new strings that contain only alphanumerical characters and spaces
     # ! and return the partial_ratio of that
@@ -38,7 +43,12 @@ def _match_percentage(str1: str, str2: str, score_cutoff: float = 0) -> float:
             if each_letter.isalnum() or each_letter.isspace()
         )
 
-        return fuzz.partial_ratio(new_str1, new_str2, score_cutoff=score_cutoff)
+        partial_ratio = fuzz.partial_ratio(new_str1, new_str2)
+
+        if partial_ratio < score_cutoff:
+            return 0
+
+        return partial_ratio
 
 
 def _parse_duration(duration: str) -> float:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9b732f488..fa71bde91 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py36,py37,py38,py39,mypy,flake8
+envlist = py36,py37,py38,py39,py310,mypy,flake8
 
 [testenv]
 deps = .[test]
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ python =
     3.7: py37
     3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
+    3.10: py310