diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0d4df9a61..76775eae6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2505,17 +2505,29 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
-version = "0.24.9"
+version = "0.25.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5690139d2f55868e080017335e4b94cb7414274c74f1669c84fb5feba2c9f69d"
+checksum = "fd54d660e773627692c524beaad361aca785a4f9f5730ce91f42aabe5bce3d11"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "byteorder",
  "color_quant",
  "gif",
- "jpeg-decoder",
+ "image-webp",
  "num-traits",
  "png",
+ "zune-core",
+ "zune-jpeg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "image-webp"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a84a25dcae3ac487bc24ef280f9e20c79c9b1a3e5e32cbed3041d1c514aa87c"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2640,12 +2652,6 @@ version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jpeg-decoder"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f5d4a7da358eff58addd2877a45865158f0d78c911d43a5784ceb7bbf52833b0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.69"
@@ -5900,3 +5906,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zune-core"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f423a2c17029964870cfaabb1f13dfab7d092a62a29a89264f4d36990ca414a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zune-jpeg"
+version = "0.4.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec866b44a2a1fd6133d363f073ca1b179f438f99e7e5bfb1e33f7181facfe448"
+dependencies = [
+ "zune-core",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 784bd04a8..d881d1c3b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ futures-lite = "2.3.0"
 hex = "0.4.0"
 hickory-resolver = "0.24"
 humansize = "2"
-image = { version = "0.24.9", default-features=false, features = ["gif", "jpeg", "ico", "png", "pnm", "webp", "bmp"] }
+image = { version = "0.25.1", default-features=false, features = ["gif", "jpeg", "ico", "png", "pnm", "webp", "bmp"] }
 iroh = { version = "0.4.2", default-features = false }
 kamadak-exif = "0.5"
 lettre_email = { git = "https://github.com/deltachat/lettre", branch = "master" }
diff --git a/src/blob.rs b/src/blob.rs
index 2554c6e31..3f67c2b52 100644
--- a/src/blob.rs
+++ b/src/blob.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use anyhow::{format_err, Context as _, Result};
 use base64::Engine as _;
 use futures::StreamExt;
-use image::{
-    DynamicImage, GenericImage, GenericImageView, ImageFormat, ImageOutputFormat, Pixel, Rgba,
-};
+use image::codecs::jpeg::JpegEncoder;
+use image::{DynamicImage, GenericImage, GenericImageView, ImageFormat, Pixel, Rgba};
 use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::{fs, io};
@@ -37,6 +36,12 @@ pub struct BlobObject<'a> {
     name: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+enum ImageOutputFormat {
+    Png,
+    Jpeg { quality: u8 },
+}
+
 impl<'a> BlobObject<'a> {
     /// Creates a new blob object with a unique name.
     ///
@@ -457,9 +462,13 @@ impl<'a> BlobObject<'a> {
                 Ok(ImageFormat::Png) if !exceeds_max_bytes => ImageOutputFormat::Png,
                 Ok(ImageFormat::Jpeg) => {
                     add_white_bg = false;
-                    ImageOutputFormat::Jpeg(jpeg_quality)
+                    ImageOutputFormat::Jpeg {
+                        quality: jpeg_quality,
+                    }
                 }
-                _ => ImageOutputFormat::Jpeg(jpeg_quality),
+                _ => ImageOutputFormat::Jpeg {
+                    quality: jpeg_quality,
+                },
             };
             // We need to rewrite images with Exif to remove metadata such as location,
             // camera model, etc.
@@ -530,7 +539,7 @@ impl<'a> BlobObject<'a> {
             if do_scale || exif.is_some() {
                 // The file format is JPEG/PNG now, we may have to change the file extension
                 if !matches!(fmt, Ok(ImageFormat::Jpeg))
-                    && matches!(ofmt, ImageOutputFormat::Jpeg(_))
+                    && matches!(ofmt, ImageOutputFormat::Jpeg { .. })
                 {
                     blob_abs = blob_abs.with_extension("jpg");
                     let file_name = blob_abs.file_name().context("No image file name (???)")?;
@@ -685,7 +694,13 @@ fn encode_img(
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     encoded.clear();
     let mut buf = Cursor::new(encoded);
-    img.write_to(&mut buf, fmt)?;
+    match fmt {
+        ImageOutputFormat::Png => img.write_to(&mut buf, ImageFormat::Png)?,
+        ImageOutputFormat::Jpeg { quality } => {
+            let encoder = JpegEncoder::new_with_quality(&mut buf, quality);
+            img.write_with_encoder(encoder)?;
+        }
+    }
     Ok(())
 }