diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix
index 28606238515a..07497f263937 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ let
       };
 
       # tesseract5 may be overwritten in the paperless module and we need to propagate that to make the closure reduction effective
-      ocrmypdf = prev.ocrmypdf.override { tesseract = tesseract5; };
+      ocrmypdf = prev.ocrmypdf_16.override { tesseract = tesseract5; };
     };
   };