diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b4b074f1..f139e92b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Update Pytvmaze library 2.0.8 (81888a5) to 2.0.8 (b451391)
 * Update Rarfile 4.1a1 (8a72967) to 4.1 (c9140d8)
 * Update soupsieve 2.4.1 (2e66beb) to 2.5.0 (dc71495)
+* Update thefuzz 0.19.0 (c2cd4f4) to 0.21.0 (0b49e4a)
 
 
 ### 3.30.1 (2023-10-02 22:50:00 UTC)
diff --git a/lib/thefuzz/__init__.py b/lib/thefuzz/__init__.py
index 482e4a19..e4533712 100644
--- a/lib/thefuzz/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/thefuzz/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.19.0'
+__version__ = '0.21.0'
diff --git a/lib/thefuzz/process.py b/lib/thefuzz/process.py
index f6b15eaa..bdfe900e 100644
--- a/lib/thefuzz/process.py
+++ b/lib/thefuzz/process.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from . import utils
 import logging
 from rapidfuzz import fuzz as rfuzz
 from rapidfuzz import process as rprocess
+from functools import partial
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -23,11 +24,14 @@ def _get_processor(processor, scorer):
                       fuzz.UWRatio, fuzz.UQRatio):
         return processor
 
-    if not processor:
-        return utils.full_process
+    force_ascii = scorer not in [fuzz.UWRatio, fuzz.UQRatio]
+    pre_processor = partial(utils.full_process, force_ascii=force_ascii)
+
+    if not processor or processor == utils.full_process:
+        return pre_processor
 
     def wrapper(s):
-        return utils.full_process(processor(s))
+        return pre_processor(processor(s))
 
     return wrapper
 
diff --git a/lib/thefuzz/py.typed b/lib/thefuzz/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/thefuzz/py.typed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+