diff --git a/app/utils/language.ts b/app/utils/language.ts
index 56e4a2144..51145ade1 100644
--- a/app/utils/language.ts
+++ b/app/utils/language.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ export function changeLanguage(
   toLanguageString: string | null | undefined,
   i18n: i18n
 ) {
-  if (toLanguageString && i18n.language !== toLanguageString) {
+  const locale = toLanguageString
+    ? unicodeCLDRtoBCP47(toLanguageString)
+    : undefined;
+
+  if (locale && i18n.languages[0] !== locale) {
     // Languages are stored in en_US format in the database, however the
     // frontend translation framework (i18next) expects en-US
-    const locale = unicodeCLDRtoBCP47(toLanguageString);
     i18n.changeLanguage(locale);
-
     Desktop.bridge?.setSpellCheckerLanguages(["en-US", locale]);
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 532c6f45e..f37fcce94 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
     "gemoji": "6.x",
     "glob": "^8.1.0",
     "http-errors": "2.0.0",
-    "i18next": "^22.4.8",
+    "i18next": "^22.4.15",
     "i18next-fs-backend": "^2.1.1",
-    "i18next-http-backend": "^2.1.1",
+    "i18next-http-backend": "^2.2.0",
     "inline-css": "^4.0.2",
     "invariant": "^2.2.4",
     "ioredis": "^5.3.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 059235284..523c44706 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7587,10 +7587,10 @@ i18next-fs-backend@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-fs-backend/-/i18next-fs-backend-2.1.1.tgz#07c6393be856c5a398e3dfc1257bf8439841cd89"
   integrity sha512-FTnj+UmNgT3YRml5ruRv0jMZDG7odOL/OP5PF5mOqvXud2vHrPOOs68Zdk6iqzL47cnnM0ZVkK2BAvpFeDJToA==
 
-i18next-http-backend@^2.1.1:
-  version "2.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-http-backend/-/i18next-http-backend-2.1.1.tgz#72a21d61c2e96eea9ad45ba1b9dd0090e119709a"
-  integrity sha512-jByfUCDVgQ8+/Wens7queQhYYvMcGTW/lR4IJJNEDDXnmqjLrwi8ubXKpmp76/JIWEZHffNdWqnxFJcTVGeaOw==
+i18next-http-backend@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-http-backend/-/i18next-http-backend-2.2.0.tgz#f77c06dc8e766c7588bb38da2f5fa0614ba67b3f"
+  integrity sha512-Z4sM7R6tzdLknSPER9GisEBxKPg5FkI07UrQniuroZmS15PHQrcCPLyuGKj8SS68tf+O2aEDYSUnmy1TZqZSbw==
   dependencies:
     cross-fetch "3.1.5"
 
@@ -7620,10 +7620,10 @@ i18next-parser@^7.9.0:
     vinyl-fs "^3.0.2"
     vue-template-compiler "^2.6.11"
 
-i18next@^22.0.4, i18next@^22.4.8:
-  version "22.4.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-22.4.8.tgz#7a3c5d26a93e8e5f32eee07b58484e2f721fb45b"
-  integrity sha512-XSOy17ZWqflOiJRYE/dzv6vDle2Se32dnHREHb93UnZzZ1+UnvQ8yKtt1fpNL3zvXz5AwCqqixrtTVZmRetaiQ==
+i18next@^22.0.4, i18next@^22.4.15:
+  version "22.4.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-22.4.15.tgz#951882b751872994f8502b5a6ef6f796e6a7d7f8"
+  integrity sha512-yYudtbFrrmWKLEhl6jvKUYyYunj4bTBCe2qIUYAxbXoPusY7YmdwPvOE6fx6UIfWvmlbCWDItr7wIs8KEBZ5Zg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.20.6"