diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
index fd507b3e540..1345ce37e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "0.26.2"; # even major numbers are stable
-  sha256 = "09lm1mfpf0p6vzayl2nbwvsj5gl7sz8sfmwziix0p87bh8x9dn8x";
+  version = "0.26.3"; # even major numbers are stable
+  sha256 = "1ca2lrwvhxzq0g4blbvq099vyydfjyz839jki301p1jgazrimjw8";
 
   qtcairo_patches =
     let qtcairo = fetchgit { # the version for poppler-0.24