diff --git a/srcpkgs/zathura-pdf-poppler/template b/srcpkgs/zathura-pdf-poppler/template
index 126954ed223..0b6685c56bb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zathura-pdf-poppler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zathura-pdf-poppler/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'zathura-pdf-poppler'
 pkgname=zathura-pdf-poppler
-version=0.2.8
-revision=2
-build_style=gnu-makefile
+version=0.2.9
+revision=1
+build_style=meson
 maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="poppler-devel poppler-glib-devel zathura-devel"
@@ -11,13 +11,8 @@ conflicts="zathura-pdf-mupdf>=0"
 license="zlib"
 homepage="http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-pdf-poppler/"
 short_desc="PDF support for zathura (using poppler)"
-distfiles="http://pwmt.org/projects/${pkgname}/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=421d57a398d97c8264baced8743799fdec5f2cf989b34a8f42cf2277f4a9a5d4
-
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i 's/^\(CFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' config.mk
-	sed -i 's/^\(LDFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' config.mk
-}
+distfiles="http://pwmt.org/projects/${pkgname}/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=be0806116ea6e6c95495f5e244e0d70d2551a9058e5574b47d3e5a09bc6592dc
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE