diff --git a/care/emr/resources/patient/spec.py b/care/emr/resources/patient/spec.py
index 5a1aed04c3..3f4deafacf 100644
--- a/care/emr/resources/patient/spec.py
+++ b/care/emr/resources/patient/spec.py
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ def perform_extra_deserialization(self, is_update, obj):
 
 class PatientListSpec(PatientBaseSpec):
     date_of_birth: datetime.date | None = None
-    age: int | None = None
+    year_of_birth: datetime.date | None = None
+
     created_date: datetime.datetime
     modified_date: datetime.datetime