diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9f6f0f9..ac38364 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -184,7 +184,12 @@ class LLMWhispererClientV2 {
    * @param {boolean} [options.addLineNos=false] - If true, adds line numbers to the extracted text
    *                                       and saves line metadata, which can be queried later
    *                                       using the highlights API.
-
+   * @param {number} [options.wordConfidenceThreshold=0.3] - The minimum OCR confidence score a word must
+   *                                       have to be included in the extracted text. Any text whose confidence
+   *                                       value falls below the configured threshold is ignored and excluded
+   *                                       from the final output. This parameter works only with "form",
+   *                                       "high_quality" and "table" modes.
+   *
    * @returns {Promise<Object>} The response from the whisper API.
    * @throws {LLMWhispererClientException} If there is an error in the request.
    */
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ class LLMWhispererClientV2 {
     waitForCompletion = false,
     waitTimeout = 180,
     addLineNos = false,
+    wordConfidenceThreshold = 0.3,
   } = {}) {
     this.logger.debug("whisper called");
     const apiUrl = `${this.baseUrl}/whisper`;
@@ -234,6 +240,7 @@ class LLMWhispererClientV2 {
       wait_for_completion: waitForCompletion,
       wait_timeout: waitTimeout,
       add_line_nos: addLineNos,
+      word_confidence_threshold: wordConfidenceThreshold,
     };
 
     this.logger.debug(`api_url: ${apiUrl}`);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 272c683..02b01cd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "llmwhisperer-client",
-  "version": "2.5.1",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "llmwhisperer-client",
-      "version": "2.5.1",
+      "version": "2.6.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "~1.17.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6e6d85..02207fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "llmwhisperer-client",
-  "version": "2.5.1",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "LLMWhisper JS Client",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/retry.test.js b/test/retry.test.js
index 89d2497..eff4f40 100644
--- a/test/retry.test.js
+++ b/test/retry.test.js
@@ -328,3 +328,42 @@ describe("Logging on retries", () => {
     expect(warnCall).toMatch(/503/);
   });
 });
+
+describe("whisper word_confidence_threshold param", () => {
+  test("forwards a custom wordConfidenceThreshold as word_confidence_threshold", async () => {
+    const client = createV2Client();
+    let capturedConfig;
+    client.client.defaults.adapter = (config) => {
+      capturedConfig = config;
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        status: 202,
+        data: { whisper_hash: "h" },
+        headers: {},
+        config,
+      });
+    };
+
+    await client.whisper({
+      url: "https://example.com/doc.pdf",
+      wordConfidenceThreshold: 0.7,
+    });
+    expect(capturedConfig.params.word_confidence_threshold).toBe(0.7);
+  });
+
+  test("sends the default word_confidence_threshold of 0.3 when omitted", async () => {
+    const client = createV2Client();
+    let capturedConfig;
+    client.client.defaults.adapter = (config) => {
+      capturedConfig = config;
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        status: 202,
+        data: { whisper_hash: "h" },
+        headers: {},
+        config,
+      });
+    };
+
+    await client.whisper({ url: "https://example.com/doc.pdf" });
+    expect(capturedConfig.params.word_confidence_threshold).toBe(0.3);
+  });
+});