diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index ccb9b97d2..dc5732562 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #### Closed issues
 - Fix missing cython file in MANIFEST.in (PR #763)
+- Fix deprecated JAX function in `ot.backend.JaxBackend` (PR #771, Issue #770)
 
 ## 0.9.6
 
diff --git a/ot/backend.py b/ot/backend.py
index 64b5a88cf..f14da588b 100644
--- a/ot/backend.py
+++ b/ot/backend.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         import jax
         import jax.numpy as jnp
         import jax.scipy.special as jspecial
-        from jax.lib import xla_bridge
+        from jax.extend.backend import get_backend as _jax_get_backend
 
         jax_type = jax.numpy.ndarray
         jax_new_version = float(".".join(jax.__version__.split(".")[1:])) > 4.24
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.__type_list__ = []
         # available_devices = jax.devices("cpu")
         available_devices = []
-        if xla_bridge.get_backend().platform == "gpu":
+        if _jax_get_backend().platform == "gpu":
             available_devices += jax.devices("gpu")
         for d in available_devices:
             self.__type_list__ += [