diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aeedc57..9dcb0f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ picture per page.
 This utility requires the following tools to be installed:
 
 ```shell
-apt install imagemagick pdfjam pdftk
+apt install imagemagick pdfjam qpdf
 ```
 
 ## Installation
diff --git a/photos2pdf b/photos2pdf
index c1d97f3..8c26588 100755
--- a/photos2pdf
+++ b/photos2pdf
@@ -407,22 +407,23 @@ for png in "$outdir/"*.png ; do
         warning "Could not convert \"$png\" to PDF; skipped."
         rv=1
         continue
-    elif !  pdfjam \
-        --quiet \
-        --outfile "$tmpdir" \
-        --paper "$paper" \
-        "$jam_landscape" \
-        --scale "$scale" \
-        --offset "$offset" \
-        "$pdf"
+    elif ! \
+        pdfjam \
+            --quiet \
+            --outfile "$tmpdir" \
+            --paper "$paper" \
+            "$jam_landscape" \
+            --scale "$scale" \
+            --offset "$offset" \
+            "$pdf"
     then
         warning "Could not align \"$pdf\"; skipped."
         rv=1
         continue
-    elif ! pdftk \
+    elif ! qpdf \
         "$jammed" \
-        stamp "$backdrop" \
-        output "$backdropped"
+        --overlay "$backdrop" \
+        -- "$backdropped"
     then
         warning "Could not watermark \"$pdf\"; skipped."
         rv=1
@@ -436,7 +437,12 @@ while read -r pdf ; do
     input+=("$pdf")
 done < <(ls -- "$tmpdir/"*.backdropped.pdf)
 
-if ! pdftk "${input[@]}" cat output "$pdfdir/$result_filename" ; then
+if ! \
+    qpdf \
+        --empty \
+        --pages "${input[@]}" \
+        -- "$pdfdir/$result_filename"
+then
     warning "Could not concatenate \"$result_filename\"."
     rv=1
 elif ! "$keep_tmpfiles" ; then