diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 376283d1c..0c58fb182 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [v0.78.1](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/compare/v0.78.0...v0.78.1)
+
+- feat: add a test to verify suffix match is not applied for full emails [`5a14d72`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/commit/5a14d7295e052d7136506fa9a9b953922a200e3a)
+- fix: only allow suffix matches for domains NOT emails [`28604a0`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/commit/28604a0571365e9d5b91d74edf86418bea665d44)
+
 #### [v0.78.0](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/compare/v0.77.0...v0.78.0)
 
+> 11 April 2024
+
 - refactor(OTP): simplify code by using upsert()  [`#1283`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1283)
 - refactor(UserService): simplify login by using findOrCreate() [`#1281`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1281)
 - build(deps): bump @aws-sdk/client-amplify from 3.540.0 to 3.549.0 [`#1289`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1289)
@@ -20,6 +27,7 @@ Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 - build(deps): bump marked from 11.2.0 to 12.0.1 [`#1219`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1219)
 - chore(ci): enhance mergify [`#1245`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1245)
 - backport v0.77.0 [`#1277`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1277)
+- chore: bump version to v0.78.0 [`72f39bd`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/commit/72f39bdc25f6afe82021ebbc630c6d3850ece1ae)
 
 #### [v0.77.0](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/compare/v0.76.0...v0.77.0)
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b8fa017fd..6a99f716d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "isomercms",
-  "version": "0.78.0",
+  "version": "0.78.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "isomercms",
-      "version": "0.78.0",
+      "version": "0.78.1",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-amplify": "^3.549.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5addc62de..4bfcfd166 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "isomercms",
-  "version": "0.78.0",
+  "version": "0.78.1",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
diff --git a/src/services/identity/UsersService.ts b/src/services/identity/UsersService.ts
index 6a1cfbf9f..425fff324 100644
--- a/src/services/identity/UsersService.ts
+++ b/src/services/identity/UsersService.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class UsersService {
   }
 
   async canSendEmailOtp(email: string) {
-    const parsedEmail = email.toLowerCase()
+    const normalizedEmail = email.toLowerCase()
     const whitelistEntries = await this.whitelist.findAll({
       attributes: ["email"],
       where: {
@@ -165,8 +165,15 @@ class UsersService {
     })
     const whitelistDomains = whitelistEntries.map((entry) => entry.email)
     const hasMatchDomain =
-      whitelistDomains.filter((domain) => parsedEmail.endsWith(domain)).length >
-      0
+      whitelistDomains.filter((domain) => {
+        // if domain is really just a domain (does not include a @ OR starts with a @), we can do a prefix match
+        if (/^@|^[^@]+$/.test(domain)) {
+          return normalizedEmail.endsWith(domain)
+        }
+
+        return normalizedEmail === domain
+        // otherwise we can ONLY do an exact match
+      }).length > 0
     return hasMatchDomain
   }
 
diff --git a/src/services/identity/__tests__/UsersService.spec.ts b/src/services/identity/__tests__/UsersService.spec.ts
index c0f8a0537..7ebf635a5 100644
--- a/src/services/identity/__tests__/UsersService.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/identity/__tests__/UsersService.spec.ts
@@ -170,4 +170,21 @@ describe("User Service", () => {
     // Assert
     expect(actual).toBe(expected)
   })
+
+  it("should not allow suffix match if the whitelist entry is a full email", async () => {
+    // Arrange
+    const expected = false
+    const mockWhitelistEntries = [
+      {
+        email: "foo@accenture.com",
+      },
+    ]
+    MockWhitelist.findAll.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockWhitelistEntries)
+
+    // Act
+    const actual = await UsersService.canSendEmailOtp("bar.foo@accenture.com")
+
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected)
+  })
 })