diff --git a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
index 6cfff1b5..9001a024 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class RapidOcrOptions(OcrOptions):
     cls_model_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
     rec_model_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
     rec_keys_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
+    rec_font_path: Optional[str] = None  # Deprecated with new RapidOCR Version please use font_path instead
     font_path: Optional[str] = None  # same default as rapidocr
 
     # Dictionary to overwrite or pass-through additional parameters