diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.test.ts
index 8c83f6e1..50c9b84f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.test.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,38 @@ describe('createOcrJob.triggerOcr', () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe('createOcrJob — CSRF on the default fetch path', () => {
+	afterEach(() => {
+		vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+		document.cookie = 'XSRF-TOKEN=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT; path=/';
+	});
+
+	it('injects X-XSRF-TOKEN on the trigger POST when no fetchImpl is provided', async () => {
+		document.cookie = 'XSRF-TOKEN=tok-123; path=/';
+		const globalFetch = vi.fn(
+			async () =>
+				new Response(JSON.stringify({ jobId: 'job-1' }), {
+					status: 200,
+					headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
+				})
+		);
+		vi.stubGlobal('fetch', globalFetch);
+
+		// No fetchImpl — exercises the production default path used by the document page.
+		const job = createOcrJob({ documentId: () => 'doc-1' });
+		await job.triggerOcr('KURRENT', false);
+		job.destroy();
+
+		const postCall = globalFetch.mock.calls.find(
+			([url, init]) =>
+				url.toString().includes('/ocr') && (init as RequestInit | undefined)?.method === 'POST'
+		);
+		expect(postCall).toBeDefined();
+		const headers = new Headers((postCall![1] as RequestInit).headers);
+		expect(headers.get('X-XSRF-TOKEN')).toBe('tok-123');
+	});
+});
+
 describe('createOcrJob.checkStatus', () => {
 	it('starts polling when status is RUNNING with a jobId', async () => {
 		const fetchImpl = makeFetch({
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.ts
index e5a74af1..e3c4382c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/ocr/useOcrJob.svelte.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { m } from '$lib/paraglide/messages.js';
 import { getErrorMessage } from '$lib/shared/errors';
 import { translateOcrProgress } from '$lib/ocr/translateOcrProgress';
+import { csrfFetch } from '$lib/shared/cookies';
 
 export interface OcrJobOptions {
 	documentId: () => string;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ const DEFAULT_RESET_DELAY_MS = 1000;
 
 export function createOcrJob(options: OcrJobOptions): OcrJobController {
 	const { documentId, onJobFinished } = options;
-	const fetchImpl = options.fetchImpl ?? fetch;
+	const fetchImpl = options.fetchImpl ?? csrfFetch;
 	const pollIntervalMs = options.pollIntervalMs ?? DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL_MS;
 	const resetDelayMs = options.resetDelayMs ?? DEFAULT_RESET_DELAY_MS;