diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 7cc6b4e77f17bd6b63238b50c5c11291f2e9dd38..d45a78222c21d2d09c1af31eba840ed401b55960 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -668,14 +668,14 @@ (define-public mupdf
 (define-public qpdf
   (package
    (name "qpdf")
-   (version "9.0.1")
+   (version "8.4.0")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/qpdf/qpdf/" version
                                 "/qpdf-" version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0lhgb82s2402ad2yiswkj227vjlw9zypphdfdivfkbril7dg6495"))
+              "1864p952m8vzxk6v500a42psbqj2g2gyli3d3zj6h33hzwxqy09r"))
             (modules '((guix build utils)))
             (snippet
              ;; Replace shebang with the bi-lingual shell/Perl trick to remove