diff --git a/packages/pdf-viewer/package.json b/packages/pdf-viewer/package.json
index ab9d642bf..fc7f1d0ba 100644
--- a/packages/pdf-viewer/package.json
+++ b/packages/pdf-viewer/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome": "0.2.0",
     "@joplin/lib": "~2.9",
     "async-mutex": "0.4.0",
-    "pdfjs-dist": "3.0.279",
+    "pdfjs-dist": "2.16.105",
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "18.2.0",
     "styled-components": "5.3.5"
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
index 88fced520..851e3cce2 100644
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@
 		"typedoc",
 		"webpack",
 
+		// pdfjs-dist requires the canvas package, which cannot be built in Windows.
+		//
+		// An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
+		// node-gyp failed to rebuild 'D:\a\joplin\joplin\packages\pdf-viewer\node_modules\canvas'.
+		//
+		// https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues/15112
+		//
+		// Maybe need to install Canvas separately and follow the instruction here to setup the build properly on Windows:
+		// https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#compiling
+
+		"pdfjs-dist",
+
 		// Too complex to upgrade past TinyMCE 5
 		// https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/migration-from-5x/
 		"tinymce",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c1a50f9c7..fdd40da50 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4251,7 +4251,7 @@ __metadata:
     css-loader: 6.7.2
     jest: 29.3.1
     jest-environment-jsdom: 29.3.1
-    pdfjs-dist: 3.0.279
+    pdfjs-dist: 2.16.105
     react: 18.2.0
     react-dom: 18.2.0
     style-loader: 3.3.1
@@ -10260,18 +10260,6 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
-"canvas@npm:^2.10.1":
-  version: 2.10.2
-  resolution: "canvas@npm:2.10.2"
-  dependencies:
-    "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": ^1.0.0
-    nan: ^2.17.0
-    node-gyp: latest
-    simple-get: ^3.0.3
-  checksum: b2e3eb4c3635fa2f67857619621c3d314f935a9e51904536dadf4908ab580dff4f5bcbaafe6eb0255247fa027ca494d5cd97c33376a49a0f994997263fa9944b
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "capital-case@npm:^1.0.4":
   version: 1.0.4
   resolution: "capital-case@npm:1.0.4"
@@ -12920,15 +12908,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"decompress-response@npm:^4.2.0":
-  version: 4.2.1
-  resolution: "decompress-response@npm:4.2.1"
-  dependencies:
-    mimic-response: ^2.0.0
-  checksum: 4e783ca4dfe9417354d61349750fe05236f565a4415a6ca20983a311be2371debaedd9104c0b0e7b36e5f167aeaae04f84f1a0b3f8be4162f1d7d15598b8fdba
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "decompress-response@npm:^6.0.0":
   version: 6.0.0
   resolution: "decompress-response@npm:6.0.0"
@@ -13678,7 +13657,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"dommatrix@npm:^1.0.1":
+"dommatrix@npm:^1.0.1, dommatrix@npm:^1.0.3":
   version: 1.0.3
   resolution: "dommatrix@npm:1.0.3"
   checksum: 8ac727c1a14cf8de30a5b49a3bd6b2622a661b391fe1ac54e855eaa14a857ed86d63492150b5f70f912acc24fa3acc31d750259c47e9b5801de237624b0a319f
@@ -22633,13 +22612,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"mimic-response@npm:^2.0.0":
-  version: 2.1.0
-  resolution: "mimic-response@npm:2.1.0"
-  checksum: 014fad6ab936657e5f2f48bd87af62a8e928ebe84472aaf9e14fec4fcb31257a5edff77324d8ac13ddc6685ba5135cf16e381efac324e5f174fb4ddbf902bf07
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "mimic-response@npm:^3.1.0":
   version: 3.1.0
   resolution: "mimic-response@npm:3.1.0"
@@ -23136,7 +23108,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"nan@npm:2.17.0, nan@npm:^2.17.0":
+"nan@npm:2.17.0":
   version: 2.17.0
   resolution: "nan@npm:2.17.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -25099,13 +25071,18 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"pdfjs-dist@npm:3.0.279":
-  version: 3.0.279
-  resolution: "pdfjs-dist@npm:3.0.279"
+"pdfjs-dist@npm:2.16.105":
+  version: 2.16.105
+  resolution: "pdfjs-dist@npm:2.16.105"
   dependencies:
-    canvas: ^2.10.1
+    dommatrix: ^1.0.3
     web-streams-polyfill: ^3.2.1
-  checksum: 2e59d9bd4a8d7e01c79712435a7ce6a485f63b99620152384e3e110e068a0506dbf70ce39e5e9e61ea7228ad77fffcc716d5fc3a9221634e2e7f24acde267ebf
+  peerDependencies:
+    worker-loader: ^3.0.8
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    worker-loader:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: 16ad2fa0ff8404fefd1a3e83f92ef1a594fcc4d3ff65512f801365c8f06d300d4a38023a867994f0b964a8e146773e6dcc9988c7c1a791917eb6371d5bd72863
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -28651,17 +28628,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"simple-get@npm:^3.0.3":
-  version: 3.1.1
-  resolution: "simple-get@npm:3.1.1"
-  dependencies:
-    decompress-response: ^4.2.0
-    once: ^1.3.1
-    simple-concat: ^1.0.0
-  checksum: 80195e70bf171486e75c31e28e5485468195cc42f85940f8b45c4a68472160144d223eb4d07bc82ef80cb974b7c401db021a540deb2d34ac4b3b8883da2d6401
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "simple-get@npm:^4.0.0":
   version: 4.0.0
   resolution: "simple-get@npm:4.0.0"