diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6307e253..d81deb07 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -64,12 +64,8 @@ Optional External dependencies
   generate the PDF spell pages (optional).
 
 If **pdftk** is available, it will be used for pdf generation. If not,
-a fallback python library (pdfrw) will be used. This has some
-limitations:
-
-- Produces v1.3 PDF files
-- Not able to flatten PDF forms
-- Will produce separate character-sheets, spell-lists and spell-books.
+a fallback python library (pypdf) will be used. This has the
+limitation that it is not able to flatten PDF forms.
   
 Different linux distributions have different names for packages. While
 pdftk is available in Debian and derivatives as **pdftk**, the package
diff --git a/dungeonsheets/fill_pdf_template.py b/dungeonsheets/fill_pdf_template.py
index 23be8966..bcd88fe5 100644
--- a/dungeonsheets/fill_pdf_template.py
+++ b/dungeonsheets/fill_pdf_template.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import subprocess
 import warnings
 
-import pdfrw
 from fdfgen import forge_fdf
+from pypdf import PdfWriter, PdfReader
 
 from dungeonsheets.forms import mod_str
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ def make_pdf(fields: dict, src_pdf: str, basename: str, flatten: bool = False):
     src_pdf :
       Path to the PDF that will serve as the template.
     basename :
-      The path of the destination PDF without the file extensions. The
+      The basename of the destination PDF without the file extensions. The
       resulting pdf will be {basename}.pdf
     flatten :
       If truthy, the PDF will be collapsed so it is no longer
@@ -415,71 +415,39 @@ def make_pdf(fields: dict, src_pdf: str, basename: str, flatten: bool = False):
     try:
         _make_pdf_pdftk(fields, src_pdf, basename, flatten)
     except FileNotFoundError:
-        # pdftk could not run, so alert the user and use pdfrw
+        # pdftk could not run, so alert the user and use pypdf
         warnings.warn(
             f"Could not run `{PDFTK_CMD}`, using fallback; forcing `--editable`.",
             RuntimeWarning,
         )
-        _make_pdf_pdfrw(fields, src_pdf, basename, flatten)
-
-
-def _make_pdf_pdfrw(fields: dict, src_pdf: str, basename: str, flatten: bool = False):
-    """Backup make_pdf function in case pdftk is not available."""
-    template = pdfrw.PdfReader(src_pdf)
-    # Different types of PDF fields
-    BUTTON = "/Btn"
-    # Names for entries in PDF annotation list
-    # DEFAULT_VALUE = "/DV"
-    # APPEARANCE = "/MK"
-    FIELD = "/T"
-    # PROPS = "/P"
-    TYPE = "/FT"
-    # FLAGS = "/Ff"
-    # SUBTYPE = "/Subtype"
-    # ALL_KEYS = [
-    #     "/DV",
-    #     "/F",
-    #     "/FT",
-    #     "/Ff",
-    #     "/MK",
-    #     "/P",
-    #     "/Rect",
-    #     "/Subtype",
-    #     "/T",
-    #     "/Type",
-    # ]
-    annots = template.pages[0]["/Annots"]
-    # Update each annotation if it's in the requested dictionary
-    for annot in annots:
-        this_field = annot[FIELD][1:-1]
-        # Check if the field has a new value passed
-        if this_field in fields.keys():
-            val = fields[this_field]
-            # Convert integers to strings
-            if isinstance(val, int):
-                val = str(val)
-            log.debug(
-                f"Set field '{this_field}' "
-                f"({annot[TYPE]}) "
-                f"to `{val}` ({val.__class__}) "
-                f"in file '{basename}.pdf'"
+        _make_pdf_pypdf(fields, src_pdf, basename, flatten=flatten)
+
+
+def _make_pdf_pypdf(fields: dict, src_pdf: str, basename: str, flatten: bool = False):
+    """
+    Writes the dictionary values to the pdf. Supports text and checkboxes.
+    Does so by updating each individual annotation with the contents of the fiels.
+
+    """
+
+    writer = PdfWriter()
+    reader = PdfReader(src_pdf)
+    form_fields = reader.get_fields()
+    writer.append(reader)
+
+    for key in fields.keys():
+        if key in form_fields:
+            if fields[key] == "Yes":
+                fields[key] = r"/Yes"
+            if fields[key] == "Off":
+                fields[key] = r"/Off"
+            writer.update_page_form_field_values(
+                writer.pages[0], {key: fields[key]},
+                auto_regenerate=False,
             )
-            # Prepare a PDF dictionary based on the fields properties
-            if annot[TYPE] == BUTTON:
-                # Radio buttons require special appearance streams
-                if val == CHECKBOX_ON:
-                    val = bytes(val, "utf-8")
-                    pdf_dict = pdfrw.PdfDict(V=val, AS=val)
-                else:
-                    continue
-            else:
-                # All other widget types
-                pdf_dict = pdfrw.PdfDict(V=val)
-            annot.update(pdf_dict)
-        else:
-            log.debug(f"Skipping unused field '{this_field}' in file '{basename}.pdf'")
-    # Now write the PDF to the new pdf file
-    pdfrw.PdfWriter().write(f"{basename}.pdf", template)
+
+    with open(f"{basename}.pdf", "wb") as output_stream:
+        writer.write(output_stream)
 
 
 def _make_pdf_pdftk(fields, src_pdf, basename, flatten=False):
diff --git a/dungeonsheets/forms/blank-personality-sheet-default.pdf b/dungeonsheets/forms/blank-personality-sheet-default.pdf
index 57c94818..1e8e6c36 100644
Binary files a/dungeonsheets/forms/blank-personality-sheet-default.pdf and b/dungeonsheets/forms/blank-personality-sheet-default.pdf differ
diff --git a/dungeonsheets/make_sheets.py b/dungeonsheets/make_sheets.py
index b7e2f844..d4b4a98a 100644
--- a/dungeonsheets/make_sheets.py
+++ b/dungeonsheets/make_sheets.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from itertools import product
 from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count
 from pathlib import Path
+from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter
 from typing import Union, Sequence, Optional, List
 
 from dungeonsheets import (
@@ -666,9 +667,16 @@ def merge_pdfs(src_filenames, dest_filename, clean_up=False):
         subprocess.call(popenargs)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         warnings.warn(
-            f"Could not run `{PDFTK_CMD}`; skipping file concatenation.", RuntimeWarning
+            f"Could not run `{PDFTK_CMD}`, using fallback.", RuntimeWarning
         )
-    else:
+
+        merger = PdfWriter()
+        for pdf in src_filenames:
+            merger.append(pdf)
+        merger.set_need_appearances_writer(True)
+        merger.write(dest_filename)
+        merger.close()
+    finally:
         # Remove temporary files
         if clean_up:
             for sheet in src_filenames:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6e4710b4..fdad426c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Topic :: Games/Entertainment :: Role-Playing",
 ]
 keywords = ["D&D", "character", "sheets"]
-dependencies = ["certifi", "fdfgen", "npyscreen", "jinja2", "sphinx", "pdfrw", "EbookLib", "reportlab", "docutils", "pypdf"]
+dependencies = ["certifi", "fdfgen", "npyscreen", "jinja2", "sphinx", "EbookLib", "reportlab", "docutils", "pypdf"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "coverall", "flake8", "black"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1c9a6135..0fe13b05 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ fdfgen>=0.16
 npyscreen~=4.10.5
 jinja2~=3.1.2
 sphinx~=7.2.6
-pdfrw~=0.4
 EbookLib~=0.18
 reportlab~=4.0.8
 setuptools~=69.0.3