diff --git a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py
index a952b717..c483fa87 100644
--- a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class TesseractOcrCliModel(BaseOcrModel):
 
 def _parse_orientation(df_osd: pd.DataFrame) -> int:
     # For strictly optimal performance with invariant dataframe format:
-    mask = df_osd["key"].values == "Orientation in degrees"
-    orientation_val = df_osd["value"].values[mask][0]
+    mask = df_osd["key"].to_numpy() == "Orientation in degrees"
+    orientation_val = df_osd["value"].to_numpy()[mask][0]
     orientation = parse_tesseract_orientation(orientation_val.strip())
     return orientation