simple pagination.js does`n set current page as "active" if use it with AJAX request

Question

Im using simplePagination.js. Its changing active pages untill I putted my Ajax request(OMDb API) inside function. In Ajax cooperation it changing items from database, but a problem is: it`s not changing active(current) page. If you have imagine what should I do, please give me you answer. Thanks.no matter which button clicked - active 1 page

// pagination
let itemsPages = $(".items");pages
let numItems = itemsPages.length;
let perPage = 10;

itemsPages.slice(perPage).hide();
if(numItems != 0){
  $("#pagination").pagination({
    itemsPages: numItems,
    itemsOnPage: perPage,
    cssStyle: "light-theme",
    onPageClick: function(pageNumber) { 
      apiRequest({
        title: title,
        type: type,
        pageNumber: pageNumber,
      })
      let showFrom = perPage * (pageNumber - 1);
      let showTo = showFrom + perPage;
      itemsPages.hide().slice(showFrom, showTo).show();
    }
  });
}