diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 724d545283..74c6166cc0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Paul van der Walt <paul@denknerd.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Nikita <nikita@n0.is>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ (define-public zathura-pdf-poppler
 (define-public zathura
   (package
     (name "zathura")
-    (version "0.4.8")
+    (version "0.4.9")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ (define-public zathura
                               version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1nr0ym1mi2afk4ycdf1ppmkcv7i7hyzwn4p3r4m0j2qm3nvaiami"))))
+                "0msy7s57mlx0wya99qpia4fpcy40pbj253kmx2y97nb0sqnc8c7w"))))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
                      ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
                      ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin")
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ (define-public zathura
                      ("python-sphinx" ,python-sphinx)
 
                      ;; For building icons.
-                     ("librsvg" ,librsvg)
+                     ("librsvg" ,(librsvg-for-system))
 
                      ;; For tests.
                      ("check" ,check)