diff --git a/Dockerfile.al2 b/Dockerfile.al2
index 577a7800..c76e17c7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.al2
+++ b/Dockerfile.al2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM public.ecr.aws/sam/build-provided.al2:1.97
 
 ARG LEPTONICA_VERSION=1.87.0
-ARG TESSERACT_VERSION=5.5.2
+ARG TESSERACT_VERSION=5.5.3
 ARG AUTOCONF_ARCHIVE_VERSION=2017.09.28
 ARG TMP_BUILD=/tmp
 ARG TESSERACT=/opt/tesseract
diff --git a/Dockerfile.al2023 b/Dockerfile.al2023
index 5dbe992e..e0336e6f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.al2023
+++ b/Dockerfile.al2023
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM public.ecr.aws/sam/build-provided.al2023:latest-x86_64
 
 ARG LEPTONICA_VERSION=1.87.0
-ARG TESSERACT_VERSION=5.5.2
+ARG TESSERACT_VERSION=5.5.3
 ARG AUTOCONF_ARCHIVE_VERSION=2017.09.28
 ARG TMP_BUILD=/tmp
 ARG TESSERACT=/opt/tesseract
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c9f152b..f225a9cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Tesseract OCR Lambda Layer
 ===
 
-![Tesseract](https://img.shields.io/badge/Tesseract-5.5.2-green?style=flat-square)
+![Tesseract](https://img.shields.io/badge/Tesseract-5.5.3-green?style=flat-square)
 ![Leptonica](https://img.shields.io/badge/Leptonica-1.87.0-green?style=flat-square)
 
 ![Examples available for Runtimes](https://img.shields.io/badge/Examples_(Lambda_runtimes)-Python_3.12(AL2023),Node.js_20(AL2023)-informational?style=flat-square)