diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
index bfc94e1fac8..f8a17c9f5c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 }:
 
 let # beware: updates often break cups-filters build
-  version = "0.65.0";
+  version = "0.66.0";
   mkFlag = optset: flag: "-DENABLE_${flag}=${if optset then "on" else "off"}";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "01wgvpi1l7nqkvixnmhmlpld0fjryhl7rlwvba6agz9yz1rwzj49";
+    sha256 = "1rzar5f27xzkjih07yi8kxcinvk4ny4nhimyacpvqx7vmlqn829c";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];