diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
index 21723b83..63a24365 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
@@ -151,16 +151,21 @@
          <version>2.3</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <!-- the next 2 deps are for html to pdf - per https://www.baeldung.com/java-html-to-pdf -->
+      <!-- the next 3 deps are for html to pdf -->
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
          <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
          <version>1.15.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
-         <artifactId>flying-saucer-pdf-openpdf</artifactId>
-         <version>9.1.22</version>
+         <groupId>com.openhtmltopdf</groupId>
+         <artifactId>openhtmltopdf-core</artifactId>
+         <version>1.0.10</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>com.openhtmltopdf</groupId>
+         <artifactId>openhtmltopdf-pdfbox</artifactId>
+         <version>1.0.10</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- the next 3 deps are being added for google drive support -->
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java
index a7f9096f..d2dbdac1 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java
@@ -26,22 +26,31 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.AbstractQActionFunction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.templates.ConvertHtmlToPdfInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.templates.ConvertHtmlToPdfOutput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.css.constants.IdentValue;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.pdfboxout.PdfBoxFontResolver;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.pdfboxout.PdfBoxRenderer;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.pdfboxout.PdfRendererBuilder;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
-import org.xhtmlrenderer.layout.SharedContext;
-import org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf.ITextRenderer;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  ** Action to convert a string of HTML to a PDF!
  **
  ** Much credit to https://www.baeldung.com/java-html-to-pdf
- *******************************************************************************/
+ **
+ ** Updated in March 2025 to go from flying-saucer-pdf-openpdf lib to openhtmltopdf,
+ ** mostly to get support for max-height on images...
+ ********************************************************************************/
 public class ConvertHtmlToPdfAction extends AbstractQActionFunction<ConvertHtmlToPdfInput, ConvertHtmlToPdfOutput>
 {
+   private static final QLogger LOG = QLogger.getLogger(ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.class);
+
+
 
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
@@ -62,31 +71,32 @@ public class ConvertHtmlToPdfAction extends AbstractQActionFunction<ConvertHtmlT
          //////////////////////////////
          // convert the XHTML to PDF //
          //////////////////////////////
-         ITextRenderer renderer      = new ITextRenderer();
-         SharedContext sharedContext = renderer.getSharedContext();
-         sharedContext.setPrint(true);
-         sharedContext.setInteractive(false);
+         PdfRendererBuilder builder = new PdfRendererBuilder();
+         builder.toStream(input.getOutputStream());
+         builder.useFastMode();
+         builder.withHtmlContent(document.html(), input.getBasePath() == null ? "./" : input.getBasePath().toUri().toString());
 
-         if(input.getBasePath() != null)
+         try(PdfBoxRenderer pdfBoxRenderer = builder.buildPdfRenderer())
          {
-            String baseUrl = input.getBasePath().toUri().toURL().toString();
-            renderer.setDocumentFromString(document.html(), baseUrl);
-         }
-         else
-         {
-            renderer.setDocumentFromString(document.html());
-         }
+            pdfBoxRenderer.layout();
+            pdfBoxRenderer.getSharedContext().setPrint(true);
+            pdfBoxRenderer.getSharedContext().setInteractive(false);
 
-         //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-         // register any custom fonts the input supplied //
-         //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-         for(Map.Entry<String, Path> entry : CollectionUtils.nonNullMap(input.getCustomFonts()).entrySet())
-         {
-            renderer.getFontResolver().addFont(entry.getValue().toAbsolutePath().toString(), entry.getKey(), "UTF-8", true, null);
-         }
+            for(Map.Entry<String, Path> entry : CollectionUtils.nonNullMap(input.getCustomFonts()).entrySet())
+            {
+               LOG.warn("Note:  Custom fonts appear to not be working in this class at this time...");
+               pdfBoxRenderer.getFontResolver().addFont(
+                  entry.getValue().toAbsolutePath().toFile(), // Path to the TrueType font file
+                  entry.getKey(),                             // Font family name to use in CSS
+                  400,                                        // Font weight (e.g., 400 for normal, 700 for bold)
+                  IdentValue.NORMAL,                          // Font style (e.g., NORMAL, ITALIC)
+                  true,                                       // Whether to subset the font
+                  PdfBoxFontResolver.FontGroup.MAIN           // ??
+               );
+            }
 
-         renderer.layout();
-         renderer.createPDF(input.getOutputStream());
+            pdfBoxRenderer.createPDF();
+         }
 
          return (output);
       }