diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
index 9b89283972dd367..e46da53f68dc472 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, cmake, ninja, pkg-config, libiconv, libintl
-, zlib, curl, cairo, freetype, fontconfig, lcms, libjpeg, openjpeg, fetchpatch
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, cairo
+, cmake
+, curl
+, fontconfig
+, freetype
+, lcms
+, libiconv
+, libintl
+, libjpeg
+, ninja
+, openjpeg
+, pkg-config
+, zlib
 , withData ? true, poppler_data
 , qt5Support ? false, qtbase ? null
 , introspectionSupport ? false, gobject-introspection ? null
@@ -12,25 +27,38 @@ let
   mkFlag = optset: flag: "-DENABLE_${flag}=${if optset then "on" else "off"}";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "poppler-${suffix}-${version}";
+  pname = "poppler-${suffix}";
+  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "${meta.homepage}/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
+    url = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1afdrxxkaivvviazxkg5blsf2x24sjkfj92ib0d3q5pm8dihjrhj";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   patches = [
+    # Fix internal crash: a negative number that should not be
     (fetchpatch {
       name = "CVE-2018-13988";
       url = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/patch/?id=004e3c10df0abda214f0c293f9e269fdd979c5ee";
       sha256 = "1l8713s57xc6g81bldw934rsfm140fqc7ggd50ha5mxdl1b3app2";
     })
+    # Fix internal crash: a negative number that should not be (not the above!)
     ./0.61-CVE-2019-9959.patch
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libiconv libintl ] ++ lib.optional withData poppler_data;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libiconv
+    libintl
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional withData poppler_data;
 
   # TODO: reduce propagation to necessary libs
   propagatedBuildInputs = with lib;
@@ -39,8 +67,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional qt5Support qtbase
     ++ optional introspectionSupport gobject-introspection;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja pkg-config ];
-
   # Not sure when and how to pass it.  It seems an upstream bug anyway.
   CXXFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang "-std=c++11";
 
@@ -58,12 +84,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/";
     description = "A PDF rendering library";
-
     longDescription = ''
       Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.
     '';
-
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
index 8a5c6e132a714c3..08ca1456ea8fb43 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
@@ -1,44 +1,46 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
+{ lib
+, stdenv
 , fetchurl
 , fetchpatch
+, cairo
 , cmake
-, ninja
-, pkg-config
-, libiconv
-, libintl
-, zlib
+, pcre
+, boost
+, cups-filters
 , curl
-, cairo
-, freetype
 , fontconfig
+, freetype
+, inkscape
 , lcms
+, libiconv
+, libintl
 , libjpeg
+, ninja
 , openjpeg
+, pkg-config
+, scribusUnstable
+, texlive
+, zlib
 , withData ? true, poppler_data
 , qt5Support ? false, qtbase ? null
 , introspectionSupport ? false, gobject-introspection ? null
 , utils ? false, nss ? null
 , minimal ? false
 , suffix ? "glib"
-, inkscape
-, cups-filters
-, texlive
-, scribusUnstable
 }:
 
 let
   mkFlag = optset: flag: "-DENABLE_${flag}=${if optset then "on" else "off"}";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "poppler-${suffix}-${version}";
-  version = "21.05.0"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
+  pname = "poppler-${suffix}";
+  version = "21.06.1"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "${meta.homepage}/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-2v1Te2gPrRIVvED8U9HzjoRJ18GFvGDVqJ4dJskNvYw=";
+    url = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-hrCeWgLeQAgaORbvhxHFEo6vSx/FnV+H0Oxm8E9ZXbQ=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    pcre
     libiconv
     libintl
   ] ++ lib.optional withData [
@@ -98,13 +102,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/";
     description = "A PDF rendering library";
-
     longDescription = ''
-      Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code
-      base. In addition it provides a number of tools that can be
-      installed separately.
+      Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base. In
+      addition it provides a number of tools that can be installed separately.
     '';
-
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ] ++ teams.freedesktop.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 570a93ac66a202a..acb80b0bdc21de5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17697,7 +17697,10 @@ in
     suffix = "min";
   };
 
-  poppler_utils = poppler.override { suffix = "utils"; utils = true; };
+  poppler_utils = poppler.override {
+    suffix = "utils";
+    utils = true;
+  };
 
   popt = callPackage ../development/libraries/popt { };