diff --git a/docreader/pyproject.toml b/docreader/pyproject.toml
index 04da3b87..d6a2a85b 100644
--- a/docreader/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docreader/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "protobuf>=6.33.0",
     "pydantic>=2.13.4",
     "pypdf>=6.1.3",
-    "pypdfium2>=5.0.0",
+    "pypdfium2>=5.8.0",
     "python-docx>=1.2.0",
     "requests>=2.32.5",
     "textract==1.5.0",