diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
index 1f1ab5d7282..1e1452f4578 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "0.24.4"; # even major numbers are stable
-  sha256 = "1qh1gk6hq5cfpkqyxxgkpyl78na8dckmh6zbgsqbpw762yd518y8";
+  version = "0.24.5"; # even major numbers are stable
+  sha256 = "114zfm4771iq25wa4bsg4nc2gnr6waaj8936wd23r4hc2084jrd2";
 
   qtcairo_patches =
-    let qtcairo = fetchgit { # the version for poppler-0.22
+    let qtcairo = fetchgit { # the version for poppler-0.24
       url = "git://github.com/giddie/poppler-qt4-cairo-backend.git";
-      rev = "ad9a9ba0628df33522f4b7722cb0cd027269babe";
-      sha256 = "072p7x9902avg2r1ma5br97q8nm8sbk19y0qi4b4g9x2xj2fpajq";
+      rev = "c4578cde09834e0d70873f63b1c2a410f66bb4f9";
+      sha256 = "07bs2phmp7f4mqrwqz2bgyw2gw7s00mwsm548bsikyz1cbj7fl93";
     }; in
       [ "${qtcairo}/0001-Cairo-backend-added-to-Qt4-wrapper.patch"
         "${qtcairo}/0002-Setting-default-Qt4-backend-to-Cairo.patch"