diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7fa4c1d99c5..7e467571639 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ libMagickCore-6.Q16.so.6 libmagick6-6.9.10.11_1
 libMagickWand-6.Q16.so.6 libmagick6-6.9.10.11_1
 libMagick++-6.Q16.so.8 libmagick6-6.9.10.11_1
 libltdl.so.7 libltdl-2.2.6_1
-libpoppler.so.82 poppler-0.71.0_1
+libpoppler.so.83 libpoppler83-0.72.0_1
 libpoppler-glib.so.8 poppler-glib-0.18.2_1
 libpoppler-cpp.so.0 poppler-cpp-0.18.2_1
 libpoppler-qt5.so.1 poppler-qt5-0.31.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpoppler83 b/srcpkgs/libpoppler83
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..5d4379bfb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpoppler83
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+poppler
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/poppler/template b/srcpkgs/poppler/template
index b9950c90f1b..5b4be172d40 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/poppler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/poppler/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # THIS PKG MUST BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH "srcpkgs/poppler-qt5".
 #
 pkgname=poppler
-version=0.71.0
+version=0.72.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_XPDF_HEADERS=on $(vopt_if gir -DENABLE_GLIB=on)
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ configure_args="-DENABLE_XPDF_HEADERS=on $(vopt_if gir -DENABLE_GLIB=on)
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel"
 makedepends="libpng-devel libglib-devel cairo-devel tiff-devel lcms2-devel
  libcurl-devel libopenjpeg2-devel $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
-depends="poppler-data"
 short_desc="PDF rendering library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://poppler.freedesktop.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=badbecd2dddf63352fd85ec08a9c2ed122fdadacf2a34fcb4cc227c4d01f2cf9
+checksum=c1747eb8f26e9e753c4001ed951db2896edc1021b6d0f547a0bd2a27c30ada51
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" -DTHREADS_PTHREAD_ARG=2"
@@ -30,6 +29,14 @@ if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	build_options_default="gir"
 fi
 
+libpoppler83_package() {
+	depends="poppler-data"
+	short_desc+=" - poppler runtime library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/libpoppler.so.*
+	}
+}
+
 poppler-cpp-devel_package() {
 	depends="libstdc++-devel zlib-devel poppler-devel-${version}_${revision} poppler-cpp-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - C++ bindings (development files)"
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ poppler-cpp_package() {
 }
 
 poppler-devel_package() {
-	depends="libglib-devel poppler-${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="libglib-devel libpoppler83-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/include/poppler/*.h"
@@ -86,9 +93,7 @@ poppler-glib_package() {
 }
 
 poppler-utils_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - utilities"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin
-		vmove usr/share/man
-	}
+	short_desc+=" - utilities (transitional package)"
+	build_style=meta
+	depends="poppler-${version}_${revision}"
 }