diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 7c79cab6..6c35625d 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:alex-p/tesseract-ocr5
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   ghostscript \
   fonts-droid-fallback \
+  fonts-noto-core \
+  fonts-noto-cjk \
   jbig2dec \
   pngquant \
   tesseract-ocr \
diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile.alpine b/.docker/Dockerfile.alpine
index fe1bdc69..3d3681eb 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     tesseract-ocr-data-osd \
     tesseract-ocr-data-por \
     tesseract-ocr-data-spa \
+    font-noto \
     ttf-droid \
     unpaper \
     && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 058c5373..1fc790d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
             curl \
+            fonts-noto-core \
+            fonts-noto-cjk \
             ghostscript \
             jbig2dec \
             img2pdf \
diff --git a/docs/release_notes.md b/docs/release_notes.md
index 657847bc..101ce2a1 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/release_notes.md
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ official when it's tagged and posted to PyPI.
   - Preferred: both
 - Recommended: `pypdfium2` for PDF rasterization (new dependency)
 - Recommended: `ghostscript` (used to be Required)
+- Recommended: Noto fonts for improved OCR text positioning
 - Optional: `verapdf` for fast PDF/A validation (new dependency)
 - Requires: `fpdf2` for text layer rendering (new dependency)
 - Recommended: replace `typer` with `cyclopts` in misc scripts (new dependency)