diff --git a/apps/remix/app/components/dialogs/envelope-item-edit-dialog.tsx b/apps/remix/app/components/dialogs/envelope-item-edit-dialog.tsx
index a7bb62eb2..849dd8a3a 100644
--- a/apps/remix/app/components/dialogs/envelope-item-edit-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/remix/app/components/dialogs/envelope-item-edit-dialog.tsx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export const EnvelopeItemEditDialog = ({
 
       toast({
         title: t`Failed to read file`,
-        description: t`The file is not a valid PDF.`,
+        description: t`The file is not a valid PDF or is password protected.`,
         variant: 'destructive',
       });
     }
diff --git a/apps/remix/app/utils/toast-error-messages.ts b/apps/remix/app/utils/toast-error-messages.ts
index 49e4ceb62..e10033d3f 100644
--- a/apps/remix/app/utils/toast-error-messages.ts
+++ b/apps/remix/app/utils/toast-error-messages.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const getUploadErrorMessage = (code: string): ToastMessageDescriptor => {
     .with(AppErrorCode.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, () => FAIR_USE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED_ERROR_MESSAGE)
     .with('INVALID_DOCUMENT_FILE', () => ({
       title: msg`Error`,
-      description: msg`You cannot upload encrypted PDFs.`,
+      description: msg`The file is not a valid PDF or is password protected.`,
     }))
     .with(AppErrorCode.LIMIT_EXCEEDED, () => ({
       title: msg`Error`,
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1cbb19926..57b2baff4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@ai-sdk/google-vertex": "5.0.48",
         "@documenso/prisma": "*",
-        "@libpdf/core": "^0.4.2",
+        "@libpdf/core": "^0.5.1",
         "@lingui/conf": "^5.6.0",
         "@lingui/core": "^5.6.0",
         "@marsidev/react-turnstile": "^1.5.0",
@@ -4480,9 +4480,9 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@libpdf/core": {
-      "version": "0.4.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libpdf/core/-/core-0.4.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lbkIqLDZCCxjLpiC+8/Xvaru/ME7iVVoihl9tLqbp/CDUWZNF0q3u7s2tBJB9wRW/SzUWID6YPFvBWws770hrQ==",
+      "version": "0.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@libpdf/core/-/core-0.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-q+y4AEk9ngqyC1pdX/hNScnfh0ROr4vSiqX4C9CmuBzhtuVukbfTesXCaGvHZ3pksi8AJYDPGQ/0HzSeHZfi3A==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@noble/ciphers": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbe2f233c..72d301246 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@ai-sdk/google-vertex": "5.0.48",
     "@documenso/prisma": "*",
-    "@libpdf/core": "^0.4.2",
+    "@libpdf/core": "^0.5.1",
     "@lingui/conf": "^5.6.0",
     "@lingui/core": "^5.6.0",
     "@prisma/extension-read-replicas": "^0.4.1",
diff --git a/packages/lib/server-only/pdf/normalize-pdf.ts b/packages/lib/server-only/pdf/normalize-pdf.ts
index 01e5ac108..d2f5b8833 100644
--- a/packages/lib/server-only/pdf/normalize-pdf.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/server-only/pdf/normalize-pdf.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ export const normalizePdf = async (pdf: Buffer, options: { flattenForm?: boolean
     console.error(`PDF normalization error: ${e.message}`);
 
     throw new AppError('INVALID_DOCUMENT_FILE', {
-      message: 'The document is not a valid PDF',
+      message: 'The document is not a valid PDF or is password protected',
     });
   });
 
   if (pdfDoc.isEncrypted) {
-    throw new AppError('INVALID_DOCUMENT_FILE', {
-      message: 'The document is encrypted',
-    });
+    if (!pdfDoc.isAuthenticated) {
+      throw new AppError('INVALID_DOCUMENT_FILE', {
+        message: 'The document is password protected',
+      });
+    }
+
+    pdfDoc.removeProtection({ ignorePermissions: true });
   }
 
   pdfDoc.flattenLayers();