diff --git a/paperless-backend/src/label-print-agent/label-renderer.service.ts b/paperless-backend/src/label-print-agent/label-renderer.service.ts
index 66144dc..116e24e 100644
--- a/paperless-backend/src/label-print-agent/label-renderer.service.ts
+++ b/paperless-backend/src/label-print-agent/label-renderer.service.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ export class LabelRendererService {
         const fontWeight = el.bold ? 'bold' : 'normal';
         const textAnchor = el.align === 'center' ? 'middle' : el.align === 'right' ? 'end' : 'start';
         const maxWidthAttr = el.maxWidth ? ` textLength="${mm(el.maxWidth)}" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs"` : '';
+        // librsvg (used by sharp) ignores dominant-baseline; add fontSize to y so that
+        // the stored coordinate is the top of the text, not the baseline.
+        const yBaseline = y + fontSize;
         parts.push(
-          `<text x="${x}" y="${y}" font-family="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" font-size="${fontSize}" font-weight="${fontWeight}" text-anchor="${textAnchor}" dominant-baseline="hanging"${maxWidthAttr}>${content}</text>`,
+          `<text x="${x}" y="${yBaseline}" font-family="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" font-size="${fontSize}" font-weight="${fontWeight}" text-anchor="${textAnchor}"${maxWidthAttr}>${content}</text>`,
         );
       } else if (el.type === 'qr') {
         const x = mm(el.x);