diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d73b925..a4f97d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
 version = "0.25.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/image-rs/image.git#aae5fb91a27386801babec31ab07b9a1821e3b03"
+source = "git+https://github.com/image-rs/image.git#d29d8453ba65719a4f7e93a8d967ce479b892fc7"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "byteorder-lite",
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rgb",
  "tiff",
  "zune-core 0.5.1",
- "zune-jpeg 0.5.9",
+ "zune-jpeg 0.5.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -568,8 +568,7 @@ checksum = "b454d911ac55068f53495488d8ccd0646eaa540c033a28ee15b07838afafb01f"
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-bitstream"
 version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b480e752277e29eb4054f69546887a9b84656fe78c08f54ba5850ced98a378fe"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -577,8 +576,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-coding"
 version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd972bcd125e776f1eb241ac50e39f956095a1c2770c64736c968f8946bd9a3c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "jxl-bitstream",
  "tracing",
@@ -587,8 +585,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-color"
 version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f316b1358c1711755b3ee8e8cb5c4a1dad12e796233088a7a513440782de80b2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "jxl-bitstream",
  "jxl-coding",
@@ -602,8 +599,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-frame"
 version = "0.13.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d967c6fd669c7c01060b5022d8835fa82fd46b06ffc98b549f17600a097c2b3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "jxl-bitstream",
  "jxl-coding",
@@ -619,8 +615,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-grid"
 version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a0e0ef92d5d60e76bf41098e57e985f523185e08fad54268da448637feca6989"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -628,8 +623,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-image"
 version = "0.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c5f752d62577c702a94dbbce4045caf08cb58639e8a4d56464b40ecf33ffe565"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "jxl-bitstream",
  "jxl-grid",
@@ -640,8 +634,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-jbr"
 version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e35d032bcec660647828527ff42c6f5776d2fd44b8357f9f6d9ac6dc07218e46"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "brotli-decompressor",
  "jxl-bitstream",
@@ -658,8 +651,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-modular"
 version = "0.11.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da758b2f989aafd9eeb39489fe43d7be5a3a0d2ad61cf1bad705eb6990a6053c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "jxl-bitstream",
  "jxl-coding",
@@ -672,8 +664,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-oxide"
 version = "0.12.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee8ecd2678ed70c1eda42b811ccb2e25ab836edeb18e7f1178c1f917ed36b772"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "brotli-decompressor",
  "bytemuck",
@@ -694,8 +685,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-oxide-common"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b62394c5021b3a9e7e0dbb2d639d555d019090c9946c39f6d3b09d390db4157b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "jxl-bitstream",
 ]
@@ -703,8 +693,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-render"
 version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa0c3100918bd3c41bb0f8ce1f4f1664e48f3032ff8eeab0d6a2cfc3276f462d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "jxl-bitstream",
@@ -723,8 +712,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-threadpool"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "25f15eb830aa77a7f21148d72e153562a26bfe570139bd4922eab1908dd499d3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -734,8 +722,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "jxl-vardct"
 version = "0.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ce72a18c6d3a47172ab6c479be2bdb56f22066b5d7092663f03b4490820b4511"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide?branch=no-more-rect#3c8e969e56f017de4a22edbeab23063d500064e6"
 dependencies = [
  "jxl-bitstream",
  "jxl-coding",
@@ -1175,9 +1162,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ravif"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef69c1990ceef18a116855938e74793a5f7496ee907562bd0857b6ac734ab285"
+checksum = "e52310197d971b0f5be7fe6b57530dcd27beb35c1b013f29d66c1ad73fbbcc45"
 dependencies = [
  "avif-serialize",
  "imgref",
@@ -1366,18 +1353,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.17"
+version = "2.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f63587ca0f12b72a0600bcba1d40081f830876000bb46dd2337a3051618f4fc8"
+checksum = "4288b5bcbc7920c07a1149a35cf9590a2aa808e0bc1eafaade0b80947865fbc4"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.17"
+version = "2.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ff15c8ecd7de3849db632e14d18d2571fa09dfc5ed93479bc4485c7a517c913"
+checksum = "ebc4ee7f67670e9b64d05fa4253e753e016c6c95ff35b89b7941d6b856dec1d5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1615,9 +1602,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zune-jpeg"
-version = "0.5.9"
+version = "0.5.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87c86acb70a85b2c16f071f171847d1945e8f44812630463cd14ec83900ad01c"
+checksum = "2959ca473aae96a14ecedf501d20b3608d2825ba280d5adb57d651721885b0c2"
 dependencies = [
  "zune-core 0.5.1",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5dcf1b0..7ec5178 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,3 +71,5 @@ panic = "abort"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 image = {git = "https://github.com/image-rs/image.git"}
+# https://github.com/tirr-c/jxl-oxide/pull/488
+jxl-oxide = {git = "https://github.com/Shnatsel/jxl-oxide", branch = "no-more-rect"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/operations/crop.rs b/src/operations/crop.rs
index c9ee899..bf9302f 100644
--- a/src/operations/crop.rs
+++ b/src/operations/crop.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,18 @@ pub fn crop_on_load(
     // https://github.com/image-rs/image/issues/2296
     // TODO: change this in `image` because I don't want to emulate this on the client side
     // and pretend the problem doesn't exist for anyone else
-    let cropped = image.crop_imm(geom.xoffset, geom.yoffset, geom.width, geom.height);
+    let rect = image::math::Rect {
+        x: geom.xoffset,
+        y: geom.yoffset,
+        width: geom.width,
+        height: geom.height,
+    };
+    // crop_in_place exists but doesn't shrink the backing buffer,
+    // so we have to either allocate the large buffer and keep it around forever
+    // (lower peak memory usage) or allocate both large and small buffer but drop the large one
+    // (higher peak memory usage, quickly goes down later).
+    // This takes the second option, but we might reconsider later if there's compelling evidence.
+    let cropped = image.crop(rect);
     *image = cropped;
     Ok(())
 }