diff --git a/packages/discovery-react-components/package.json b/packages/discovery-react-components/package.json
index c3f879daf..47bbba9f2 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-react-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/discovery-react-components/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "htmlparser2": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "mustache": "^3.1.0",
-    "pdfjs-dist": "^2.2.228",
+    "pdfjs-dist": "^2.9.359",
     "react-error-boundary": "^1.2.5",
     "react-resize-detector": "^4.2.1",
     "react-virtualized": "9.21.1"
diff --git a/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/PdfViewer.tsx b/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/PdfViewer.tsx
index 710f7282a..28ffa0104 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/PdfViewer.tsx
+++ b/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/PdfViewer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { SFC, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import PdfjsLib from 'pdfjs-dist';
-import PdfjsWorkerAsText from 'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.min.js';
+// TODO don't use legacy build
+import PdfjsLib from 'pdfjs-dist/legacy/build/pdf';
+import PdfjsWorkerAsText from 'pdfjs-dist/legacy/build/pdf.worker.min.js';
 import { settings } from 'carbon-components';
 
 setupPdfjs();
diff --git a/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/typings.d.ts b/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/typings.d.ts
index fa31151b5..6defdccd1 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/typings.d.ts
+++ b/packages/discovery-react-components/src/components/DocumentPreview/components/PdfViewer/typings.d.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-declare module 'pdfjs-dist';
-declare module 'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.min.js';
+declare module 'pdfjs-dist/legacy/build/pdf.worker.min.js';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b5071143f..06960c36a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@
     "@hapi/hoek" "^9.0.0"
 
 "@ibm-watson/discovery-react-components@file:packages/discovery-react-components":
-  version "1.4.0-beta.7"
+  version "1.4.0-beta.8"
   dependencies:
     classnames "^2.2.6"
     debounce "^1.2.0"
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@
     htmlparser2 "^4.0.0"
     lodash "^4.17.21"
     mustache "^3.1.0"
-    pdfjs-dist "^2.2.228"
+    pdfjs-dist "^2.9.359"
     react-error-boundary "^1.2.5"
     react-resize-detector "^4.2.1"
     react-virtualized "9.21.1"
@@ -12608,7 +12608,7 @@ loader-utils@2.0.0, loader-utils@^2.0.0:
     emojis-list "^3.0.0"
     json5 "^2.1.2"
 
-loader-utils@^1.0.0, loader-utils@^1.0.2, loader-utils@^1.1.0, loader-utils@^1.2.3, loader-utils@^1.4.0:
+loader-utils@^1.0.2, loader-utils@^1.1.0, loader-utils@^1.2.3, loader-utils@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loader-utils/-/loader-utils-1.4.0.tgz#c579b5e34cb34b1a74edc6c1fb36bfa371d5a613"
   integrity sha512-qH0WSMBtn/oHuwjy/NucEgbx5dbxxnxup9s4PVXJUDHZBQY+s0NWA9rJf53RBnQZxfch7euUui7hpoAPvALZdA==
@@ -13695,11 +13695,6 @@ node-dir@^0.1.10, node-dir@^0.1.17:
   dependencies:
     minimatch "^3.0.2"
 
-node-ensure@^0.0.0:
-  version "0.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-ensure/-/node-ensure-0.0.0.tgz#ecae764150de99861ec5c810fd5d096b183932a7"
-  integrity sha1-7K52QVDemYYexcgQ/V0Jaxg5Mqc=
-
 node-fetch@^2.6.0, node-fetch@^2.6.1:
   version "2.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz#045bd323631f76ed2e2b55573394416b639a0052"
@@ -14767,13 +14762,10 @@ pbkdf2@^3.0.3:
     safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
     sha.js "^2.4.8"
 
-pdfjs-dist@^2.2.228:
-  version "2.2.228"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pdfjs-dist/-/pdfjs-dist-2.2.228.tgz#777b068a0a16c96418433303807c183058b47aaa"
-  integrity sha512-W5LhYPMS2UKX0ELIa4u+CFCMoox5qQNQElt0bAK2mwz1V8jZL0rvLao+0tBujce84PK6PvWG36Nwr7agCCWFGQ==
-  dependencies:
-    node-ensure "^0.0.0"
-    worker-loader "^2.0.0"
+pdfjs-dist@^2.9.359:
+  version "2.9.359"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pdfjs-dist/-/pdfjs-dist-2.9.359.tgz#e67bafebf20e50fc41f1a5c189155ad008ac4f81"
+  integrity sha512-P2nYtkacdlZaNNwrBLw1ZyMm0oE2yY/5S/GDCAmMJ7U4+ciL/D0mrlEC/o4HZZc/LNE3w8lEVzBEyVgEQlPVKQ==
 
 pend@~1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
@@ -17457,14 +17449,6 @@ scheduler@^0.19.1:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
 
-schema-utils@^0.4.0:
-  version "0.4.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-0.4.7.tgz#ba74f597d2be2ea880131746ee17d0a093c68187"
-  integrity sha512-v/iwU6wvwGK8HbU9yi3/nhGzP0yGSuhQMzL6ySiec1FSrZZDkhm4noOSWzrNFo/jEc+SJY6jRTwuwbSXJPDUnQ==
-  dependencies:
-    ajv "^6.1.0"
-    ajv-keywords "^3.1.0"
-
 schema-utils@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-1.0.0.tgz#0b79a93204d7b600d4b2850d1f66c2a34951c770"
@@ -20190,14 +20174,6 @@ worker-farm@^1.7.0:
   dependencies:
     errno "~0.1.7"
 
-worker-loader@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/worker-loader/-/worker-loader-2.0.0.tgz#45fda3ef76aca815771a89107399ee4119b430ac"
-  integrity sha512-tnvNp4K3KQOpfRnD20m8xltE3eWh89Ye+5oj7wXEEHKac1P4oZ6p9oTj8/8ExqoSBnk9nu5Pr4nKfQ1hn2APJw==
-  dependencies:
-    loader-utils "^1.0.0"
-    schema-utils "^0.4.0"
-
 worker-rpc@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/worker-rpc/-/worker-rpc-0.1.1.tgz#cb565bd6d7071a8f16660686051e969ad32f54d5"