diff --git a/modules/aruco/include/opencv2/aruco.hpp b/modules/aruco/include/opencv2/aruco.hpp
index e98fc630d..aca894169 100644
--- a/modules/aruco/include/opencv2/aruco.hpp
+++ b/modules/aruco/include/opencv2/aruco.hpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace aruco {
  *   size of the cell, i.e. perpectiveRemovePixelPerCell (default 0.13)
  * - maxErroneousBitsInBorderRate: maximum number of accepted erroneous bits in the border (i.e.
  *   number of allowed white bits in the border). Represented as a rate respect to the total
- *   number of bits per marker (default 0.5).
+ *   number of bits per marker (default 0.35).
  * - minOtsuStdDev: minimun standard deviation in pixels values during the decodification step to
  *   apply Otsu thresholding (otherwise, all the bits are set to 0 or 1 depending on mean higher
  *   than 128 or not) (default 5.0)
diff --git a/modules/aruco/src/aruco.cpp b/modules/aruco/src/aruco.cpp
index 89563cc94..ebc577695 100644
--- a/modules/aruco/src/aruco.cpp
+++ b/modules/aruco/src/aruco.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ DetectorParameters::DetectorParameters()
       markerBorderBits(1),
       perspectiveRemovePixelPerCell(4),
       perspectiveRemoveIgnoredMarginPerCell(0.13),
-      maxErroneousBitsInBorderRate(0.5),
+      maxErroneousBitsInBorderRate(0.35),
       minOtsuStdDev(5.0),
       errorCorrectionRate(0.6) {}
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void _findMarkerContours(InputArray _in, vector< vector< Point2f > > &can
     Mat contoursImg;
     _in.getMat().copyTo(contoursImg);
     vector< vector< Point > > contours;
-    findContours(contoursImg, contours, RETR_EXTERNAL, CHAIN_APPROX_NONE);
+    findContours(contoursImg, contours, RETR_LIST, CHAIN_APPROX_NONE);
     // now filter list of contours
     for(unsigned int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++) {
         // check perimeter
diff --git a/modules/aruco/src/dictionary.cpp b/modules/aruco/src/dictionary.cpp
index 1df60338d..f7eba518d 100644
--- a/modules/aruco/src/dictionary.cpp
+++ b/modules/aruco/src/dictionary.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Mat Dictionary::getBitsFromByteList(const Mat &byteList, int markerSize) {
 
 
 // DictionaryData constructors calls
-const Dictionary DICT_ARUCO_DATA = Dictionary(&(DICT_ARUCO_BYTES[0][0][0]), 5, 1024, 1);
+const Dictionary DICT_ARUCO_DATA = Dictionary(&(DICT_ARUCO_BYTES[0][0][0]), 5, 1024, 0);
 
 const Dictionary DICT_4X4_50_DATA = Dictionary(&(DICT_4X4_1000_BYTES[0][0][0]), 4, 50, 1);
 const Dictionary DICT_4X4_100_DATA = Dictionary(&(DICT_4X4_1000_BYTES[0][0][0]), 4, 100, 1);
diff --git a/modules/aruco/tutorials/aruco_detection/aruco_detection.markdown b/modules/aruco/tutorials/aruco_detection/aruco_detection.markdown
index a63538352..b7eab4333 100644
--- a/modules/aruco/tutorials/aruco_detection/aruco_detection.markdown
+++ b/modules/aruco/tutorials/aruco_detection/aruco_detection.markdown
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ The bits of the marker border should be black. This parameter specifies the allo
 bits in the border, i.e. the maximum number of white bits in the border. It is represented
 relative to the total number of bits in the marker.
 
-Default value: 0.5
+Default value: 0.35
 
 
 - ```double errorCorrectionRate```