From abc2d41e2da92eafd634127f856264ef2514b3bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James R. Barlow" <james@purplerock.ca>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:39:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Require recent pikepdf to fix check_pdf_syntax issue

---
 pyproject.toml          | 4 ++--
 src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d665b6a..2caa0e75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "img2pdf>=0.5",
   "packaging>=20",
   "pdfminer.six>=20220319",
-  "pi-heif",                 # Heif image format - maintainers: if this is removed, it will NOT break
-  "pikepdf>=8.10.1,!=9.8.0",
+  "pi-heif",                # Heif image format - maintainers: if this is removed, it will NOT break
+  "pikepdf>=10",
   "Pillow>=10.0.1",
   "pluggy>=1",
   "rich>=13",
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py b/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
index cf5eec9a..354faffc 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
@@ -270,10 +270,7 @@ def check_pdf(input_file: Path) -> bool:
         with pdf:
             with warnings.catch_warnings():
                 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', message=r'pikepdf.*JBIG2.*')
-                if hasattr(pdf, 'check_pdf_syntax'):
-                    messages = pdf.check_pdf_syntax()  # pikepdf >= 9.10.0
-                else:
-                    messages = pdf.check()
+                messages = pdf.check_pdf_syntax()
             success = True
             for msg in messages:
                 if 'error' in msg.lower():