diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
index 85cc5d6c..d156a2eb 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 >=media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.0
 =app-text/poppler-0.42.0 # avoid portage warnings (older required by libreoffice-bin)
+=app-text/poppler-0.45.0 # blockings
 >=kde-apps/khelpcenter-5 # too many new qt-packages to install
 =dev-libs/icu-57.1 # not all packages ready for using new icu
 =app-office/libreoffice-bin-5.1.2.2-r1 # temporary mask as it requires new poppler/icu while other packages do not require