diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7750ada..b9815bf7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+## [2.24.5](https://github.com/eeditiones/tei-publisher-components/compare/v2.24.4...v2.24.5) (2024-11-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **pb-combo-box:** Clear items before refetching ([b6fdf68](https://github.com/eeditiones/tei-publisher-components/commit/b6fdf68040484df01de23ee28f6461f525ce5423))
+
+## [2.24.4](https://github.com/eeditiones/tei-publisher-components/compare/v2.24.3...v2.24.4) (2024-11-14)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **pb-table-grid:** respect existing search parameter when using included search feature ([7abdd8f](https://github.com/eeditiones/tei-publisher-components/commit/7abdd8fb67368f0a864a14354c98839e527dda94))
+
 ## [2.24.3](https://github.com/eeditiones/tei-publisher-components/compare/v2.24.2...v2.24.3) (2024-10-10)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dbea0fa6..4955f88b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@teipublisher/pb-components",
-  "version": "2.24.3",
+  "version": "2.24.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@teipublisher/pb-components",
-      "version": "2.24.3",
+      "version": "2.24.5",
       "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "7.11.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 278870ca..ff54c919 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@teipublisher/pb-components",
-  "version": "2.24.3",
+  "version": "2.24.5",
   "description": "Collection of webcomponents underlying TEI Publisher",
   "repository": "https://github.com/eeditiones/tei-publisher-components.git",
   "main": "index.html",
diff --git a/src/pb-combo-box.js b/src/pb-combo-box.js
index fcd0a8d3..3df588ab 100644
--- a/src/pb-combo-box.js
+++ b/src/pb-combo-box.js
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ export class PbComboBox extends pbMixin(LitElement) {
             },
             /**
              * Preload all items from the remote data source at startup
+             * Must be of type string because tom-select supports setting
+             * that property to "focus" (load data on focus)
              */
             preload: {
-                type: Boolean
+                type: String
             },
             /**
              * Name of the event to be emitted when the user leaves the form control
@@ -160,6 +162,12 @@ export class PbComboBox extends pbMixin(LitElement) {
                 options.searchField = [];
                 options.preload = this.preload;
                 options.load = (query, callback) => {
+                    if (this._select) {
+                      // The default behaviour of tom-select is to keep existing items when loading
+                      // again from the source. We want to show only items the server provides, so
+                      // we need to clear "stale" items before fetching.
+                      this._select.clearOptions();
+                    }
                     fetch(`${url}?query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`, {
                         method: 'GET',
                         mode: 'cors',