diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs
index e8066a55edf..566ed44629f 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs
@@ -98,6 +98,44 @@ public string[] GetAvailableBackends()
     public async Task DownloadEngine(Stream stream, string backend, IProgress<float>? progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, GetEngineUrl(backend), stream, progress, cancellationToken);
+        await VerifyEngineArchiveAsync(stream, backend, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    internal static async Task VerifyEngineArchiveAsync(Stream stream, string backend, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var key = DownloadHashManager.ResolveIndexTts25AudioCppKey(backend);
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(key))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("No SHA-256 key is registered for the audio.cpp runtime on this platform/backend.");
+        }
+
+        var expected = DownloadHashManager.GetLatestKnownHash(key);
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(expected))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"No SHA-256 is registered for audio.cpp runtime key '{key}'.");
+        }
+
+        if (!stream.CanRead || !stream.CanSeek)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("audio.cpp runtime integrity verification requires a readable, seekable stream.");
+        }
+
+        string actual;
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        try
+        {
+            actual = await Sha256Util.ComputeSha256Async(stream, cancellationToken);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            stream.Position = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (!string.Equals(expected, actual, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            throw new IOException(
+                $"audio.cpp runtime download failed integrity check (expected SHA-256 {expected}, got {actual}).");
+        }
     }
 
     private static string GetEngineUrl(string backend)
diff --git a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadServiceTests.cs b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadServiceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9485113979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadServiceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using System.Net;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
+
+namespace UITests.Logic.Download;
+
+public class IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadServiceTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DownloadEngine_TamperedPayload_RejectsDownloadedBytes()
+    {
+        using var httpClient = new HttpClient(new StaticResponseHandler(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("tampered")));
+        var service = new IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService(httpClient);
+        var backend = GetSupportedBackendOrSkip();
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(() =>
+            service.DownloadEngine(
+                stream,
+                backend,
+                progress: null,
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task VerifyEngineArchiveAsync_TamperedPayload_RejectsBytes()
+    {
+        var backend = GetSupportedBackendOrSkip();
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("tampered"));
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(() =>
+            IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.VerifyEngineArchiveAsync(
+                stream,
+                backend,
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    private static string GetSupportedBackendOrSkip()
+    {
+        if (OperatingSystem.IsMacOS())
+        {
+            if (RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture != Architecture.Arm64)
+            {
+                Assert.Skip("audio.cpp runtime archives support Apple Silicon only on macOS.");
+                return IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.BackendMetal;
+            }
+
+            return IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.BackendMetal;
+        }
+
+        if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows() || OperatingSystem.IsLinux())
+        {
+            if (RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture != Architecture.X64)
+            {
+                Assert.Skip("audio.cpp runtime archives support x86-64 only on Windows and Linux.");
+                return IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.BackendCpu;
+            }
+
+            return IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.BackendCpu;
+        }
+
+        Assert.Skip("audio.cpp runtime is not supported on this operating system.");
+        return IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.BackendCpu;
+    }
+
+    private sealed class StaticResponseHandler(byte[] payload) : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            {
+                Content = new ByteArrayContent(payload),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}