diff --git a/backend/parsers/pdf.py b/backend/parsers/pdf.py
index 1415a8d2b..c1614142e 100644
--- a/backend/parsers/pdf.py
+++ b/backend/parsers/pdf.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from fastapi import UploadFile
-from langchain.document_loaders import PyPDFLoader
+from langchain.document_loaders import PyMuPDFLoader
 
 from .common import process_file
 
 
 def process_pdf(file: UploadFile, enable_summarization, user):
-    return process_file(file, PyPDFLoader, ".pdf", enable_summarization, user)
+    return process_file(file, PyMuPDFLoader, ".pdf", enable_summarization, user)
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 19fb0f577..b3cf685c1 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pymupdf==1.22.3
 langchain==0.0.187
 Markdown==3.4.3
 openai==0.27.6
@@ -16,4 +17,4 @@ pypandoc==1.11
 docx2txt==0.8
 guidance==0.0.53
 python-jose==3.3.0
-google_cloud_aiplatform==1.25.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google_cloud_aiplatform==1.25.0