diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
index 24f3a555fd5a..271173a8b027 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       stripLen = 1;
       extraPrefix = "share/extensions/";
     })
+
+    # Fix build with Poppler 21.11.0.
+    # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/3622
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/commit/5724c21b9cb7b6176a7b36ca24068b148c817e82.patch";
+      sha256 = "/1p/Vkes1HuZN0v09Ey4kiT+4zrEaoSXyPAmc4O3sDg=";
+    })
+
     # Remove mandatory break from end of paragraphs, added in Pango 1.49
     # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/3630
     # TODO: Remove in Inkscape 1.1.2
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix
index 6aed41d7f9af..21adb90cab9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     qttools
   ];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # poppler uses std::optional
+    "-DWANT_CPP17=ON"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       erictapen
diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/poppler-data/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/poppler-data/default.nix
index d1e0434dc286..6d35279b6de2 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/poppler-data/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/poppler-data/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
-{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv, cmake, ninja }:
+{ fetchurl
+, lib
+, stdenv
+, cmake
+, ninja
+, poppler
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "poppler-data-0.4.11";
+  pname = "poppler-data";
+  version = "0.4.11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-LOwFzRuwOvmKiwah4i9ubhplseLzgWyzBpuwh0gl8Iw=";
+    url = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "LOwFzRuwOvmKiwah4i9ubhplseLzgWyzBpuwh0gl8Iw=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/";
     description = "Encoding files for Poppler, a PDF rendering library";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.free; # more free licenses combined
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = poppler.meta.maintainers;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
index 124c0a48cde6..3e5ae303dd77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
-  CXXFLAGS = "-fpermissive";
+  CXXFLAGS = lib.concatStringsSep " " [
+    "-fpermissive"
+    # poppler uses std::optional
+    "-std=c++17"
+  ];
 
   # - Unset CC and CXX as they confuse libtool.
   # - teach gdal that libdf is the legacy name for libhdf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
index 08ca1456ea8f..6fa07bcaf806 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/default.nix
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "poppler-${suffix}";
-  version = "21.06.1"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
+  version = "22.01.0"; # beware: updates often break cups-filters build, check texlive and scribusUnstable too!
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-hrCeWgLeQAgaORbvhxHFEo6vSx/FnV+H0Oxm8E9ZXbQ=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-fTSTBWtbhkE+XGk8LK4CxcBs2OYY0UwsMeLIS2eyMT4=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [