diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 30383e58e..413670df6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.20"
@@ -1005,6 +1017,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core2"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b49ba7ef1ad6107f8824dbe97de947cbaac53c44e7f9756a1fba0d37c1eec505"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -1247,6 +1268,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.107",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dary_heap"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7762d17f1241643615821a8455a0b2c3e803784b058693d990b11f2dce25a0ca"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -2234,7 +2261,7 @@ version = "0.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ab5ef0d4909ef3724cc8cce6ccc8572c5c817592e9285f5464f8e86f8bd3726e"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.7.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2243,7 +2270,16 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.7.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a3c133739dddd0d2990f9a4bdf8eb4b21ef50e4851ca85ab661199821d510e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2588,15 +2624,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfb",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "inflate"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1cdb29978cc5797bd8dcc8e5bf7de604891df2a8dc576973d71a281e916db2ff"
-dependencies = [
- "adler32",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "inotify"
 version = "0.9.6"
@@ -2898,6 +2925,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libflate"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9f7d5654ae1795afc7ff76f4365c2c8791b0feb18e8996a96adad8ffd7c3b2bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler32",
+ "core2",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "dary_heap",
+ "libflate_lz77",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libflate_lz77"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be5f52fb8c451576ec6b79d3f4deb327398bc05bbdbd99021a6e77a4c855d524"
+dependencies = [
+ "core2",
+ "hashbrown 0.13.2",
+ "rle-decode-fast",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -3152,7 +3203,7 @@ version = "0.18.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2e52eb6380b6d2a10eb3434aec0885374490f5b82c8aaf5cd487a183c98be834"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.7.6",
  "metrics-macros",
 ]
 
@@ -3162,7 +3213,7 @@ version = "0.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "142c53885123b68d94108295a09d4afe1a1388ed95b54d5dacd9a454753030f2"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.7.6",
  "metrics-macros",
 ]
 
@@ -3909,8 +3960,7 @@ checksum = "8835116a5c179084a830efb3adc117ab007512b535bc1a21c991d3b32a6b44dd"
 [[package]]
 name = "pdf"
 version = "0.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e375ec076445f61d4dbc4636e9e788f841d279c65d6fea8a3875caddd4f2dd82"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdf-rs/pdf?rev=3bc9e636d31b1846e51b58c7429914e640866f53#3bc9e636d31b1846e51b58c7429914e640866f53"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
@@ -3919,10 +3969,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "deflate",
  "fax",
  "globalcache",
- "inflate",
+ "indexmap 1.9.2",
  "istring",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
  "jpeg-decoder",
+ "libflate",
  "log",
  "md5",
  "once_cell",
@@ -3936,8 +3987,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "pdf_derive"
 version = "0.1.22"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f4007262775d0798de87b15cbc64cf1aed5f7ee87eec847e297b69d8ed4b4f8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pdf-rs/pdf?rev=3bc9e636d31b1846e51b58c7429914e640866f53#3bc9e636d31b1846e51b58c7429914e640866f53"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -4919,6 +4969,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rle-decode-fast"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3582f63211428f83597b51b2ddb88e2a91a9d52d12831f9d08f5e624e8977422"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rusqlite"
 version = "0.25.4"
@@ -7604,6 +7660,26 @@ version = "0.8.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fcb9cbac069e033553e8bb871be2fbdffcab578eb25bd0f7c508cedc6dcd75a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e97e415490559a91254a2979b4829267a57d2fcd741a98eee8b722fb57289aa0"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd7e48ccf166952882ca8bd778a43502c64f33bf94c12ebe2a7f08e5a0f6689f"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.31",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 2f873cc4f..2359e4448 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ zip = "0.5.13"
 epub = "1.2.4"
 unrar = { git = "https://github.com/stumpapp/unrar.rs", branch = "feature/typestate" }
 # unrar = { version = "0.5.1" }
-pdf = "0.8.1"
+# pdf = "0.8.1"
+pdf = { git = "https://github.com/pdf-rs/pdf", rev = "3bc9e636d31b1846e51b58c7429914e640866f53" } # TODO: revert back to crates.io once fix(es) release
 pdfium-render = "0.8.9"
 data-encoding = "2.4.0"
 ring = "0.16.20"
diff --git a/core/src/db/entity/metadata.rs b/core/src/db/entity/metadata.rs
index 369d83fdc..3c274b3a7 100644
--- a/core/src/db/entity/metadata.rs
+++ b/core/src/db/entity/metadata.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use pdf::primitive::Dictionary;
+use pdf::{
+	object::InfoDict,
+	primitive::{Dictionary, PdfString},
+};
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 use specta::Type;
@@ -442,6 +445,38 @@ impl From<Dictionary> for MediaMetadata {
 	}
 }
 
+fn pdf_string_to_string(pdf_string: PdfString) -> Option<String> {
+	pdf_string.to_string().map_or_else(
+		|error| {
+			tracing::error!(error = ?error, "Failed to convert PdfString to String");
+			None
+		},
+		|str| Some(str.trim().to_owned()),
+	)
+}
+
+impl From<InfoDict> for MediaMetadata {
+	fn from(dict: InfoDict) -> Self {
+		MediaMetadata {
+			title: dict.title.map(pdf_string_to_string).flatten(),
+			genre: dict
+				.subject
+				.map(pdf_string_to_string)
+				.flatten()
+				.map(|v| vec![v]),
+			year: dict.creation_date.as_ref().map(|date| date.year as i32),
+			month: dict.creation_date.as_ref().map(|date| date.month as i32),
+			day: dict.creation_date.as_ref().map(|date| date.day as i32),
+			writers: dict
+				.author
+				.map(pdf_string_to_string)
+				.flatten()
+				.map(|v| vec![v]),
+			..Default::default()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 impl From<series_metadata::Data> for SeriesMetadata {
 	fn from(metadata: series_metadata::Data) -> Self {
 		SeriesMetadata {