diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/TesseractDownloadService.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/TesseractDownloadService.cs
index fe2baba0468..f461555cf23 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/TesseractDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/TesseractDownloadService.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Compression;
 using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Config;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.UiLogic;
 
 namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ public class TesseractDownloadService : ITesseractDownloadService
 {
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
     private const string WindowsUrl = "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/support-files/releases/download/tesseract553/Tesseract553.zip";
+    internal const string WindowsArchiveSha256 = "fef2dbb1de8f25d660301c17aff107c0d9b0dc99e0d4f0eee938eb7238d7d2dc";
 
     /// <summary>Tesseract version behind <see cref="WindowsUrl"/>; stamped into the install folder.</summary>
     public const string WindowsVersion = "5.5.3";
@@ -49,7 +51,12 @@ private static string GetTesseractUrl()
 
     public async Task DownloadTesseract(Stream stream, IProgress<float>? progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, GetTesseractUrl(), stream, progress, cancellationToken);
+        await DownloadAndVerifyRuntimeAsync(
+            _httpClient,
+            GetTesseractUrl(),
+            stream,
+            progress,
+            cancellationToken);
     }
 
     public async Task DownloadTesseractModel(string modelUrl, Stream stream, IProgress<float>? progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -57,6 +64,42 @@ public async Task DownloadTesseractModel(string modelUrl, Stream stream, IProgre
         await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, modelUrl, stream, progress, cancellationToken);
     }
 
+    internal static async Task DownloadAndVerifyRuntimeAsync(
+        HttpClient httpClient,
+        string url,
+        Stream stream,
+        IProgress<float>? progress,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(httpClient, url, stream, progress, cancellationToken);
+        await VerifyRuntimeArchiveAsync(stream, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    internal static async Task VerifyRuntimeArchiveAsync(Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!stream.CanRead || !stream.CanSeek)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Tesseract runtime integrity verification requires a readable, seekable stream.");
+        }
+
+        string actual;
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        try
+        {
+            actual = await Sha256Util.ComputeSha256Async(stream, cancellationToken);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            stream.Position = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (!string.Equals(WindowsArchiveSha256, actual, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            throw new IOException(
+                $"Tesseract runtime download failed integrity check (expected SHA-256 {WindowsArchiveSha256}, got {actual}).");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// True when Tesseract is installed but older than <see cref="WindowsVersion"/>. Windows only:
     /// elsewhere the binary comes from brew/apt and is not ours to update.
diff --git a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/TesseractDownloadServiceTests.cs b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/TesseractDownloadServiceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69fc49c93cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/TesseractDownloadServiceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
+
+namespace UITests.Logic.Download;
+
+public class TesseractDownloadServiceTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void WindowsArchiveSha256_MatchesSupportFilesReleaseDigest()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(
+            "fef2dbb1de8f25d660301c17aff107c0d9b0dc99e0d4f0eee938eb7238d7d2dc",
+            TesseractDownloadService.WindowsArchiveSha256);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DownloadAndVerifyRuntimeAsync_TamperedPayload_IsRejectedAndRewound()
+    {
+        using var httpClient = new HttpClient(new StaticResponseHandler(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("tampered")));
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(() =>
+            TesseractDownloadService.DownloadAndVerifyRuntimeAsync(
+                httpClient,
+                "https://example.test/Tesseract553.zip",
+                stream,
+                progress: null,
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task VerifyRuntimeArchiveAsync_TamperedPayload_RejectsAndRewindsStream()
+    {
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("tampered"));
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(() =>
+            TesseractDownloadService.VerifyRuntimeArchiveAsync(
+                stream,
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task VerifyRuntimeArchiveAsync_NonSeekableStream_FailsClosed()
+    {
+        await using var stream = new NonSeekableReadStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("payload"));
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            TesseractDownloadService.VerifyRuntimeArchiveAsync(
+                stream,
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    private sealed class StaticResponseHandler(byte[] payload) : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
+            HttpRequestMessage request,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            {
+                Content = new ByteArrayContent(payload),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class NonSeekableReadStream(byte[] data) : MemoryStream(data)
+    {
+        public override bool CanSeek => false;
+
+        public override long Position
+        {
+            get => base.Position;
+            set => throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+
+        public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin loc) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+    }
+}