diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ff8491d3..611057e57 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -195,12 +195,6 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder-lite"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f1fe948ff07f4bd06c30984e69f5b4899c516a3ef74f34df92a2df2ab535495"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.7.1"
@@ -1281,18 +1275,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "image"
-version = "0.25.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99314c8a2152b8ddb211f924cdae532d8c5e4c8bb54728e12fff1b0cd5963a10"
-dependencies = [
- "bytemuck",
- "byteorder-lite",
- "num-traits",
- "png",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1547,7 +1529,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b8a240ddb74feaf34a79a7add65a741f3167852fba007066dcac1ca548d89c08"
 dependencies = [
  "adler",
- "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1557,6 +1538,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2d80299ef12ff69b16a84bb182e3b9df68b5a91574d3d4fa6e41b65deec4df1"
 dependencies = [
  "adler2",
+ "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1817,15 +1799,15 @@ checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "png"
-version = "0.17.13"
+version = "0.17.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06e4b0d3d1312775e782c86c91a111aa1f910cbb65e1337f9975b5f9a554b5e1"
+checksum = "52f9d46a34a05a6a57566bc2bfae066ef07585a6e3fa30fbbdff5936380623f0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "crc32fast",
  "fdeflate",
  "flate2",
- "miniz_oxide 0.7.4",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1926,7 +1908,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctrlc",
  "digest 0.11.0-pre.9",
  "hmac",
- "image",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "log",
  "mio",
@@ -1934,6 +1915,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
  "parking_lot",
+ "png",
  "pumpkin-config",
  "pumpkin-core",
  "pumpkin-entity",
diff --git a/pumpkin-protocol/src/client/play/c_entity_animation.rs b/pumpkin-protocol/src/client/play/c_entity_animation.rs
index 28542fac4..5618374ae 100644
--- a/pumpkin-protocol/src/client/play/c_entity_animation.rs
+++ b/pumpkin-protocol/src/client/play/c_entity_animation.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use num_derive::ToPrimitive;
 use pumpkin_macros::packet;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ impl CEntityAnimation {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(ToPrimitive)]
+#[repr(u8)]
 pub enum Animation {
     SwingMainArm,
     LeaveBed,
diff --git a/pumpkin/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
index 2b6a35929..401417a60 100644
--- a/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0"
 
 # icon loading
 base64 = "0.22.1"
-image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
+png = "0.17.14" 
 
 # logging
 simple_logger = "5.0.0"
diff --git a/pumpkin/src/server/connection_cache.rs b/pumpkin/src/server/connection_cache.rs
index 58181c214..76aa3b076 100644
--- a/pumpkin/src/server/connection_cache.rs
+++ b/pumpkin/src/server/connection_cache.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use std::{io::Cursor, path::Path};
+use std::{fs::File, path::Path};
 
 use base64::{engine::general_purpose, Engine as _};
-use image::GenericImageView as _;
 use pumpkin_config::{BasicConfiguration, BASIC_CONFIG};
 use pumpkin_protocol::{
     client::{config::CPluginMessage, status::CStatusResponse},
@@ -85,15 +84,19 @@ impl CachedStatus {
     }
 
     fn load_icon(path: &str) -> String {
-        let icon = image::open(path).expect("Failed to load icon");
-        let dimension = icon.dimensions();
-        assert!(dimension.0 == 64, "Icon width must be 64");
-        assert!(dimension.1 == 64, "Icon height must be 64");
-        let mut image = Vec::with_capacity(64 * 64 * 4);
-        icon.write_to(&mut Cursor::new(&mut image), image::ImageFormat::Png)
-            .unwrap();
+        let icon = png::Decoder::new(File::open(path).expect("Failed to load icon"));
+        let mut reader = icon.read_info().unwrap();
+        let info = reader.info();
+        assert!(info.width == 64, "Icon width must be 64");
+        assert!(info.height == 64, "Icon height must be 64");
+        // Allocate the output buffer.
+        let mut buf = vec![0; reader.output_buffer_size()];
+        // Read the next frame. An APNG might contain multiple frames.
+        let info = reader.next_frame(&mut buf).unwrap();
+        // Grab the bytes of the image.
+        let bytes = &buf[..info.buffer_size()];
         let mut result = "data:image/png;base64,".to_owned();
-        general_purpose::STANDARD.encode_string(image, &mut result);
+        general_purpose::STANDARD.encode_string(bytes, &mut result);
         result
     }
 }