diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 08630e176..87b527cad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends libpoppler-cpp-dev
           pip install --upgrade pipenv
           pipenv install --system --dev --ignore-pipfile
       -
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Prepare tests
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends libpoppler-cpp-dev unpaper tesseract-ocr imagemagick ghostscript optipng
+          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends unpaper tesseract-ocr imagemagick ghostscript optipng
           pip install --upgrade pipenv
           pipenv install --system --dev --ignore-pipfile
       -
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends libpoppler-cpp-dev gettext liblept5
+          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends gettext liblept5
           pip3 install -r requirements.txt
       -
         name: Download frontend artifact
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 57f96c39f..c94b7030f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ COPY requirements.txt ../
 RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
 		build-essential \
-		libpoppler-cpp-dev \
 		libpq-dev \
 		libqpdf-dev \
 	&& python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir supervisor \
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 8bacba7a4..29a91ece3 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ imap-tools = "*"
 langdetect = "*"
 # numpy 1.20.0 drops python 3.6 support
 numpy = "~=1.19.5"
-pdftotext = "*"
 pathvalidate = "*"
 # pinned to 8.1.0, since aarch64 wheels might not be available beyond that https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/5202
 pillow = "==8.1.0"
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ concurrent-log-handler = "*"
 uvloop = "~=0.14.0"
 # TODO: keep an eye on piwheel builds and update this once available (https://www.piwheels.org/project/cryptography/)
 cryptography = "~=3.3.2"
+"pdfminer.six" = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 coveralls = "*"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index f75949d20..eefaeeecd 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "bd8b69979d91f4d8c52cac127c891d750c52959807220a98dcf74fed126bfa26"
+            "sha256": "71959eb287fc97969263be5e3a1b1f4f369b7a5ace85bd1947a25b9b92e17e8a"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {},
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@
         },
         "django": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:169e2e7b4839a7910b393eec127fd7cbae62e80fa55f89c6510426abf673fe5f",
-                "sha256:c6c0462b8b361f8691171af1fb87eceb4442da28477e12200c40420176206ba7"
+                "sha256:32ce792ee9b6a0cbbec340123e229ac9f765dff8c2a4ae9247a14b2ba3a365a7",
+                "sha256:baf099db36ad31f970775d0be5587cc58a6256a6771a44eb795b554d45f211b8"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==3.1.6"
+            "version": "==3.1.7"
         },
         "django-cors-headers": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -610,15 +610,8 @@
                 "sha256:b9aac0ebeafb21c08bf65f2039f4b2c5f78a3449d0a41df711d72445649e952a",
                 "sha256:d78877ba8d8bf957f3bb636c4f73f4f6f30f56c461993877ac22c39c20837509"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.4'",
-            "version": "==20201018"
-        },
-        "pdftotext": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:98aeb8b07a4127e1a30223bd933ef080bbd29aa88f801717ca6c5618380b8aa6"
-            ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==2.1.5"
+            "version": "==20201018"
         },
         "pikepdf": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1104,11 +1097,11 @@
         },
         "tqdm": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:11d544652edbdfc9cc41aa4c8a5c166513e279f3f2d9f1a9e1c89935b51de6ff",
-                "sha256:a89be573bfddb81bb0b395a416d5e55e3ecc73ce95a368a4f6360bedea33195e"
+                "sha256:65185676e9fdf20d154cffd1c5de8e39ef9696ff7e59fe0156b1b08e468736af",
+                "sha256:70657337ec104eb4f3fb229285358f23f045433f6aea26846cdd55f0fd68945c"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==4.56.2"
+            "version": "==4.57.0"
         },
         "twisted": {
             "extras": [
@@ -1146,11 +1139,11 @@
         },
         "txaio": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1488d31d564a116538cc1265ac3f7979fb6223bb5a9e9f1479436ee2c17d8549",
-                "sha256:a8676d6c68aea1f0e2548c4afdb8e6253873af3bc2659bb5bcd9f39dff7ff90f"
+                "sha256:7d6f89745680233f1c4db9ddb748df5e88d2a7a37962be174c0fd04c8dba1dc8",
+                "sha256:c16b55f9a67b2419cfdf8846576e2ec9ba94fe6978a83080c352a80db31c93fb"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==20.12.1"
+            "version": "==21.2.1"
         },
         "tzlocal": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1172,11 +1165,11 @@
                 "standard"
             ],
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1079c50a06f6338095b4f203e7861dbff318dde5f22f3a324fc6e94c7654164c",
-                "sha256:ef1e0bb5f7941c6fe324e06443ddac0331e1632a776175f87891c7bd02694355"
+                "sha256:3292251b3c7978e8e4a7868f4baf7f7f7bb7e40c759ecc125c37e99cdea34202",
+                "sha256:7587f7b08bd1efd2b9bad809a3d333e972f1d11af8a5e52a9371ee3a5de71524"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==0.13.3"
+            "version": "==0.13.4"
         },
         "uvloop": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1220,11 +1213,10 @@
         },
         "watchgod": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:59700dab7445aa8e6067a5b94f37bae90fc367554549b1ed2e9d0f4f38a90d2a",
-                "sha256:5fb60afa9558b79736395db1cb60ad3ed59df5c2f507a3ff729220cf1251ffdc",
-                "sha256:e9cca0ab9c63f17fc85df9fd8bd18156ff00aff04ebe5976cee473f4968c6858"
+                "sha256:48140d62b0ebe9dd9cf8381337f06351e1f2e70b2203fa9c6eff4e572ca84f29",
+                "sha256:d6c1ea21df37847ac0537ca0d6c2f4cdf513562e95f77bb93abbcf05573407b7"
             ],
-            "version": "==0.6"
+            "version": "==0.7"
         },
         "wcwidth": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1498,11 +1490,11 @@
         },
         "faker": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:bf2a9b3f8d00a5dada61fc4a3f80fe0d6795c7f02a138a7d2ef2db5817c7d017",
-                "sha256:d4aecdb877519d06c2fdc01ffc5ecf70658981acf5e13cd07ded9892994ef5c6"
+                "sha256:31a58ec5a8f4672f24da3b5ddea02c82a712de1de3179b432948e5c34d787aca",
+                "sha256:aadfe0efe11ecbbbc5b3b0b0fab050c2acbd2d8e5201769546d43d236bfff663"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==6.1.1"
+            "version": "==6.4.1"
         },
         "filelock": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/ansible/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/tasks/main.yml
index 517831994..bfaf8df17 100644
--- a/ansible/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
       - imagemagick
       - optipng
       - gnupg
-      - libpoppler-cpp-dev
       - libpq-dev
       - libmagic-dev
       - mime-support
diff --git a/docs/setup.rst b/docs/setup.rst
index 8ebb6f83c..f6d6b47bc 100644
--- a/docs/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ writing. Windows is not and will never be supported.
     *   ``imagemagick`` >= 6 for PDF conversion
     *   ``optipng`` for optimizing thumbnails
     *   ``gnupg`` for handling encrypted documents
-    *   ``libpoppler-cpp-dev`` for PDF to text conversion
     *   ``libpq-dev`` for PostgreSQL
     *   ``libmagic-dev`` for mime type detection
     *   ``mime-support`` for mime type detection
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ writing. Windows is not and will never be supported.
     .. code:: shell-session
 
         sudo -Hu paperless pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-    
+
     This will install all python dependencies in the home directory of
     the new paperless user.
 
@@ -803,7 +802,7 @@ Using nginx as a reverse proxy
 ##############################
 
 If you want to expose paperless to the internet, you should hide it behind a
-reverse proxy with SSL enabled. 
+reverse proxy with SSL enabled.
 
 In addition to the usual configuration for SSL,
 the following configuration is required for paperless to operate:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7100ba953..2df1b29ae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ django-extensions==3.1.1
 django-filter==2.4.0
 django-picklefield==3.0.1; python_version >= '3'
 django-q==1.3.4
-django==3.1.6
+django==3.1.7
 djangorestframework==3.12.2
 filelock==3.0.12
 fuzzywuzzy[speedup]==0.18.0
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ msgpack==1.0.2
 numpy==1.19.5
 ocrmypdf==11.6.2
 pathvalidate==2.3.2
-pdfminer.six==20201018; python_version >= '3.4'
-pdftotext==2.1.5
+pdfminer.six==20201018
 pikepdf==2.5.2
 pillow==8.1.0
 pluggy==0.13.1; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3'
@@ -86,15 +85,15 @@ sortedcontainers==2.3.0
 sqlparse==0.4.1; python_version >= '3.5'
 threadpoolctl==2.1.0; python_version >= '3.5'
 tika==1.24
-tqdm==4.56.2
+tqdm==4.57.0
 twisted[tls]==20.3.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'
-txaio==20.12.1; python_version >= '3.6'
+txaio==21.2.1; python_version >= '3.6'
 tzlocal==2.1
 urllib3==1.26.3; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4' and python_version < '4'
-uvicorn[standard]==0.13.3
+uvicorn[standard]==0.13.4
 uvloop==0.14.0
 watchdog==1.0.2
-watchgod==0.6
+watchgod==0.7
 wcwidth==0.2.5
 websockets==8.1
 whitenoise==5.2.0