diff --git a/src/libse/Common/Configuration.cs b/src/libse/Common/Configuration.cs
index 03a0208c2..04dafc670 100644
--- a/src/libse/Common/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/libse/Common/Configuration.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Common
         public static readonly string SceneChangesDirectory = DataDirectory + "SceneChanges" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
         public static readonly string AutoBackupDirectory = DataDirectory + "AutoBackup" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
         public static readonly string VobSubCompareDirectory = DataDirectory + "VobSub" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
-        public static readonly string TesseractDirectory = DataDirectory + "Tesseract500.Alpha.20210811" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+        public static readonly string TesseractDirectory = DataDirectory + "Tesseract500.RC1" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
         public static readonly string Tesseract302Directory = DataDirectory + "Tesseract302" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
         public static readonly string WaveformsDirectory = DataDirectory + "Waveforms" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
         public static readonly string PluginsDirectory = DataDirectory + "Plugins" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
diff --git a/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/DownloadTesseract5.cs b/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/DownloadTesseract5.cs
index 035f06080..c0857e112 100644
--- a/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/DownloadTesseract5.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/DownloadTesseract5.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms.Ocr
 {
     public sealed partial class DownloadTesseract5 : Form
     {
-        public const string TesseractDownloadUrl = "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/support-files/raw/master/Tesseract500.Alpha.20210811.tar.gz";
+        public const string TesseractDownloadUrl = "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/support-files/raw/master/Tesseract500.RC1.tar.gz";
 
         public DownloadTesseract5(string version)
         {
diff --git a/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/VobSubOcr.cs b/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/VobSubOcr.cs
index 1952c6e0b..7e4061e6f 100644
--- a/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/VobSubOcr.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Forms/Ocr/VobSubOcr.cs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms.Ocr
         // Dictionaries/spellchecking/fixing
         private OcrFixEngine _ocrFixEngine;
         private int _tesseractOcrAutoFixes;
-        private string Tesseract5Version = "5.00 Alpha 2021-08-11";
+        private string Tesseract5Version = "5.00 RC1";
 
         private Subtitle _bdnXmlOriginal;
         private Subtitle _bdnXmlSubtitle;