diff --git a/component/poppler/buildout.cfg b/component/poppler/buildout.cfg
index ed0583a75ec172a733cc6bde0b918e6b6bc5ef75..c48845ed61d4157e89e17f90817b4fdd8546adcc 100644
--- a/component/poppler/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/poppler/buildout.cfg
@@ -12,12 +12,9 @@ extends =
   ../zlib/buildout.cfg
 
 [poppler]
-<= poppler-0.17.1
-
-[poppler-0.17.1]
 recipe = hexagonit.recipe.cmmi
-md5sum = b566d1fbaa29b9257bf0ecc130e7b2ca
-url = http://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-0.17.2.tar.gz
+md5sum = 12658f3308597e57f3faff538cc73baf
+url = http://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-0.18.4.tar.gz
 depends =
   ${libtiff:version}
 configure-options =