diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
index 7f7a115f877a..93b49524dc1d 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 = "0.87.0"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
+  version = "0.88.0"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "b2ArnCTC0FeAvpPnMGIBAS5BRZ8om4J5onp5QxrUFQ4=";
+    sha256 = "1isns9s484irq9ir4hbhpyqf6af2xzswh2pfrvk1k9d5x423hidl";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];