diff --git a/6377fdbaefe101650ad431f29124e9c543cab360.patch b/6377fdbaefe101650ad431f29124e9c543cab360.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e50f831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/6377fdbaefe101650ad431f29124e9c543cab360.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 6377fdbaefe101650ad431f29124e9c543cab360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Niels De Graef <nielsdegraef@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 15:36:59 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] contacts-pane: Keep a ref on newly created contacts
+
+---
+ src/contacts-contact-pane.vala | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/contacts-contact-pane.vala b/src/contacts-contact-pane.vala
+index 17e2ec36..a8309fad 100644
+--- a/src/contacts-contact-pane.vala
++++ b/src/contacts-contact-pane.vala
+@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class Contacts.ContactPane : Adw.Bin {
+       // The new individual. Even when editing an exisiting contact, it might
+       // be a different Individual than before, so make sure to adjust our
+       // selected contact afterwards
+-      unowned var individual =
++      var individual =
+           yield contact.apply_changes (this.store.aggregator.primary_store);
+       debug ("Applied changes resulted in individual (%s)",
+              (individual != null)? individual.id : "null");
+-- 
+GitLab
+
diff --git a/gnome-contacts.spec b/gnome-contacts.spec
index 78028a2..e7a938d 100644
--- a/gnome-contacts.spec
+++ b/gnome-contacts.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-or-later AND CC0-1.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0
 URL:            https://apps.gnome.org/Contacts
 Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/46/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 Patch0:         216.patch
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-contacts/-/commit/6377fdbaefe101650ad431f29124e9c543cab360
+# Requested by Niels in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-contacts/-/issues/345#note_2070044
+# to see if this fixes that issue
+Patch:          6377fdbaefe101650ad431f29124e9c543cab360.patch
 
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