diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c2253da..a087c40 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.0
 lxml==4.9.4
-PyPDF2==2.12.1
+pypdf==3.17.4
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 reportlab==3.6.13
diff --git a/scripts/pdf.py b/scripts/pdf.py
index a350de0..14fd00c 100755
--- a/scripts/pdf.py
+++ b/scripts/pdf.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 from os import P_WAIT, path, remove, spawnlp
 from os.path import basename
-from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter
+from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from reportlab.pdfbase import pdfmetrics
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # denouement
-output = PdfFileWriter()
+output = PdfWriter()
 
 # intermediate docs
 intermediate = NamedTemporaryFile(mode='wb')
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 # construct denouement
 with open(intermediate.name, 'rb') as resume, open(forefront.name, 'rb') as forepart:
 
-  intermediate.pdf = PdfFileReader(resume)
+  intermediate.pdf = PdfReader(resume)
   forefront.pages = intermediate.pdf.getNumPages()
 
   forefront.canvas = Canvas(filename=forefront.name, pagesize=A4, initialFontName='Helvetica')
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   forefront.canvas.save()
 
   # read constructed custom headers
-  forefront.pdf = PdfFileReader(forepart)
+  forefront.pdf = PdfReader(forepart)
 
   # merge resume and headers
   for i in range(0, forefront.pages):