diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0a391ab085..5fec34525d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8938,7 +8938,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "qoi",
  "ravif",
  "rayon",
- "rgb",
  "tiff",
  "zune-core",
  "zune-jpeg",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c657ff1aef..90eb3c0c4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -617,7 +617,25 @@ http-body = "1.0"
 httparse = "1.10"
 idna = "1.0"
 ignore = "0.4.22"
-image = "0.25.1"
+# image's default features minus "avif", which only adds an encoder (rav1e);
+# decoding AVIF would additionally need the non-default "avif-native" feature.
+image = { version = "0.25.1", default-features = false, features = [
+    "bmp",
+    "dds",
+    "exr",
+    "ff",
+    "gif",
+    "hdr",
+    "ico",
+    "jpeg",
+    "png",
+    "pnm",
+    "qoi",
+    "rayon",
+    "tga",
+    "tiff",
+    "webp",
+] }
 imara-diff = "0.1.8"
 indexmap = { version = "2.7.0", features = ["serde"] }
 indoc = "2"