diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
index 20e492969458..bd842e7ecfb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "poppler-${suffix}-${version}";
-  version = "0.85.0"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
+  version = "0.86.1"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0jyr036scdly13hx5dxmsqp2p3jifc29h2by51msw0ih6bmpbj1b";
+    sha256 = "0v3z4mk1rr8i0c4cfkab7pnxdbil30j4cm4w6cqlq6cfghkhlqxg";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];