diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
index e85f13b892f7..279a4198f947 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , optipng
 , pngquant
 , qpdf
-, tesseract4
+, tesseract5
 , unpaper
 , liberation_ttf
 , fetchFromGitHub
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ let
     optipng
     pngquant
     qpdf
-    tesseract4
+    tesseract5
     unpaper
   ];
 in