diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65e99e74ad33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+From 93e1c00bca9078fa4b21e42a4560011cce768142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Diego=20Iv=C3=A1n=20M=2EE?= <diegoivan.mae@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:16:51 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] document: Copy using SubprocessLauncher instead of GFile API
+
+---
+ io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json |  7 +++----
+ src/Document.vala                            | 13 +++++++------
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json b/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json
+index ede68d1..3feb79e 100644
+--- a/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json
++++ b/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json
+@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@
+             ],
+             "sources" : [
+                 {
+-                    "url" : "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler.git",
+-                    "type" : "git",
+-                    "tag" : "poppler-23.01.0",
+-                    "commit" : "4259ff0c2067d302f97d87221a442eec8e88d45c"
++                    "url" : "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-24.08.0.tar.xz",
++                    "type" : "archive",
++                    "sha256" : "97453fbddf0c9a9eafa0ea45ac710d3d49bcf23a62e864585385d3c0b4403174"
+                 }
+             ]
+         },
+diff --git a/src/Document.vala b/src/Document.vala
+index e52e1a7..a59fe03 100644
+--- a/src/Document.vala
++++ b/src/Document.vala
+@@ -445,11 +445,11 @@ public class PaperClip.Document : Object {
+     }
+ 
+     private async File create_copy_from_original () throws Error {
++        var launcher = new SubprocessLauncher (NONE);
+         unowned string tmp_dir = Environment.get_tmp_dir ();
+         string destination_path = Path.build_path (Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
+                                                    tmp_dir,
+                                                    "copies");
+-
+         int res = DirUtils.create_with_parents (destination_path, 0777);
+         if (res < 0) {
+             throw new IOError.FAILED (@"Could not create $destination_path");
+@@ -458,14 +458,15 @@ public class PaperClip.Document : Object {
+         string destination_file = Path.build_filename (destination_path,
+                                                        "%s".printf (original_file.get_basename ()));
+ 
+-        var copy_file = File.new_for_path (destination_file);
+-        FileCopyFlags flags = NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS | OVERWRITE | ALL_METADATA;
+-
+-        bool success = yield original_file.copy_async (copy_file, flags);
++        Subprocess copy_process = launcher.spawn("cp", original_file.get_path(), destination_path);
++        bool success = yield copy_process.wait_async ();
+         if (!success) {
+-            critical ("Copy Unsuccessful");
++            critical ("Processed failed");
+         }
+ 
++
++        var copy_file = File.new_for_path (destination_file);
++
+         return copy_file;
+     }
+ }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix
index 36be5f4c7bb1..e73043672ab0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-Jdsx5ZhujP0SgEtr4NMbXsTkMYrkQj7Vs+SSYziWpiw=";
   };
 
+  # Remove these patches after the version is bumped past 5.5.1
+  patches = [
+    ./document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch
+    ./vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     desktop-file-utils
     meson
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a41655d6d262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 82193146a80bfe613355706421454f879bdd496f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Diego=20Iv=C3=A1n=20M=2EE?= <diegoivan.mae@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 18:08:36 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] vala: Solve Vala errors at C compile time
+
+---
+ src/Document.vala | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/Document.vala b/src/Document.vala
+index 872309f..e52e1a7 100644
+--- a/src/Document.vala
++++ b/src/Document.vala
+@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ public class PaperClip.Document : Object {
+                                                    "copies");
+ 
+         int res = DirUtils.create_with_parents (destination_path, 0777);
+-        return_if_fail (res > -1);
++        if (res < 0) {
++            throw new IOError.FAILED (@"Could not create $destination_path");
++        }
+ 
+         string destination_file = Path.build_filename (destination_path,
+                                                        "%s".printf (original_file.get_basename ()));