diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5b37338..e0d23d31 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pillow>=11.1.0",
     "pygments>=2.19.1",
     "pymupdf>=1.25.5",
-    "pypdf>=5.4.0",
+    "pypdf>=6.10.2",
     "python-magic>=0.4.27",
     "python-slugify>=8.0.4",
     "pyyaml>=6.0.2",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8ce27d5d..c1ced940 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ resolution-markers = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-exclude-newer = "2026-04-02T12:11:37.489091Z"
+exclude-newer = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" # This has no effect and is included for backwards compatibility when using relative exclude-newer values.
 exclude-newer-span = "P7D"
 
 [options.exclude-newer-package]
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "psycopg", extras = ["binary", "pool"], specifier = ">=3.2.6" },
     { name = "pygments", specifier = ">=2.19.1" },
     { name = "pymupdf", specifier = ">=1.25.5" },
-    { name = "pypdf", specifier = ">=5.4.0" },
+    { name = "pypdf", specifier = ">=6.10.2" },
     { name = "python-magic", specifier = ">=0.4.27" },
     { name = "python-memcached", specifier = ">=1.62" },
     { name = "python-slugify", specifier = ">=8.0.4" },
@@ -1372,11 +1372,11 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pypdf"
-version = "6.9.2"
+version = "6.10.2"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/31/83/691bdb309306232362503083cb15777491045dd54f45393a317dc7d8082f/pypdf-6.9.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7f850faf2b0d4ab936582c05da32c52214c2b089d61a316627b5bfb5b0dab46c", size = 5311837, upload-time = "2026-03-23T14:53:27.983Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7b/3f/9f2167401c2e94833ca3b69535bad89e533b5de75fefe4197a2c224baec2/pypdf-6.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7d09ce108eff6bf67465d461b6ef352dcb8d84f7a91befc02f904455c6eea11d", size = 5315679, upload-time = "2026-04-15T16:37:36.978Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a5/7e/c85f41243086a8fe5d1baeba527cb26a1918158a565932b41e0f7c0b32e9/pypdf-6.9.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:662cf29bcb419a36a1365232449624ab40b7c2d0cfc28e54f42eeecd1fd7e844", size = 333744, upload-time = "2026-03-23T14:53:26.573Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0c/d6/1d5c60cc17bbdf37c1552d9c03862fc6d32c5836732a0415b2d637edc2d0/pypdf-6.10.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aa53be9826655b51c96741e5d7983ca224d898ac0a77896e64636810517624aa", size = 336308, upload-time = "2026-04-15T16:37:34.851Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]