diff --git a/docling/backend/docling_parse_v2_backend.py b/docling/backend/docling_parse_v2_backend.py
index bfc68f9b..d1b7766d 100644
--- a/docling/backend/docling_parse_v2_backend.py
+++ b/docling/backend/docling_parse_v2_backend.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ class DoclingParseV2PageBackend(PdfPageBackend):
         self._ppage = page_obj
         parsed_page = parser.parse_pdf_from_key_on_page(document_hash, page_no)
 
-        self.valid = "pages" in parsed_page
+        self.valid = "pages" in parsed_page and len(parsed_page["pages"])==1
         if self.valid:
-            self._dpage = parsed_page["pages"][page_no]
+            self._dpage = parsed_page["pages"][0]
         else:
             _log.info(
                 f"An error occured when loading page {page_no} of document {document_hash}."
@@ -223,8 +223,16 @@ class DoclingParseV2DocumentBackend(PdfDocumentBackend):
             )
 
     def page_count(self) -> int:
-        return len(self._pdoc)  # To be replaced with docling-parse API
+        #return len(self._pdoc)  # To be replaced with docling-parse API
+        
+        len_1 = len(self._pdoc)
+        len_2 = self.parser.number_of_pages(self.document_hash)
+        
+        if len_1!=len_2:
+            _log.error(f"Inconsistent number of pages: {len_1}!={len_2}")
 
+        return len_2
+    
     def load_page(self, page_no: int) -> DoclingParseV2PageBackend:
         return DoclingParseV2PageBackend(
             self.parser, self.document_hash, page_no, self._pdoc[page_no]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db208af9..13ac6f66 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ huggingface_hub = ">=0.23,<1"
 requests = "^2.32.3"
 easyocr = "^1.7"
 tesserocr = { version = "^2.7.1", optional = true }
-docling-parse = "^1.6.0"
+docling-parse = "^2.0.0"
 certifi = ">=2024.7.4"
 rtree = "^1.3.0"
 scipy = "^1.14.1"