diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 983d073096d..361c64ec158 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "euclid",
  "gfx_traits",
  "gleam 0.12.1",
- "image 0.24.1",
+ "image 0.24.2",
  "ipc-channel",
  "keyboard-types",
  "libc",
@@ -2977,9 +2977,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
-version = "0.24.1"
+version = "0.24.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db207d030ae38f1eb6f240d5a1c1c88ff422aa005d10f8c6c6fc5e75286ab30e"
+checksum = "28edd9d7bc256be2502e325ac0628bde30b7001b9b52e0abe31a1a9dc2701212"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "byteorder",
@@ -4180,7 +4180,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "hyper 0.14.5",
  "hyper_serde",
- "image 0.24.1",
+ "image 0.24.2",
  "ipc-channel",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
@@ -5387,7 +5387,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "html5ever",
  "http",
  "hyper_serde",
- "image 0.24.1",
+ "image 0.24.2",
  "indexmap",
  "ipc-channel",
  "itertools",
@@ -5665,7 +5665,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clipboard",
  "euclid",
  "getopts",
- "image 0.24.1",
+ "image 0.24.2",
  "keyboard-types",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
@@ -7301,7 +7301,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "euclid",
  "headers",
  "http",
- "image 0.24.1",
+ "image 0.24.2",
  "ipc-channel",
  "keyboard-types",
  "log",
diff --git a/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml b/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml
index f35cbff8b69..ffd51ff2063 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ headers = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
 hyper = "0.14"
 hyper_serde = "0.13"
+image = "0.24"
 ipc-channel = "0.14"
 lazy_static = "1"
 log = "0.4"
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ mime = "0.3"
 msg = { path = "../msg" }
 num-traits = "0.2"
 percent-encoding = "2.0"
-piston_image = { package = "image", version = "0.24" }
 pixels = { path = "../pixels" }
 serde = "1.0"
 servo_arc = { path = "../servo_arc" }
diff --git a/components/net_traits/image/base.rs b/components/net_traits/image/base.rs
index d77855aee27..0fd2f357d2b 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/image/base.rs
+++ b/components/net_traits/image/base.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 use crate::image_cache::CorsStatus;
+use image::ImageFormat;
 use ipc_channel::ipc::IpcSharedMemory;
-use piston_image::ImageFormat;
 use pixels::PixelFormat;
 use std::fmt;
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn load_from_memory(buffer: &[u8], cors_status: CorsStatus) -> Option<Image>
             debug!("{}", msg);
             None
         },
-        Ok(_) => match piston_image::load_from_memory(buffer) {
+        Ok(_) => match image::load_from_memory(buffer) {
             Ok(image) => {
                 let mut rgba = image.into_rgba8();
                 pixels::rgba8_byte_swap_colors_inplace(&mut *rgba);
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ pub fn detect_image_format(buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<ImageFormat, &str> {
         Ok(ImageFormat::Jpeg)
     } else if is_png(buffer) {
         Ok(ImageFormat::Png)
+    } else if is_webp(buffer) {
+        Ok(ImageFormat::WebP)
     } else if is_bmp(buffer) {
         Ok(ImageFormat::Bmp)
     } else if is_ico(buffer) {
@@ -107,3 +109,7 @@ fn is_bmp(buffer: &[u8]) -> bool {
 fn is_ico(buffer: &[u8]) -> bool {
     buffer.starts_with(&[0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00])
 }
+
+fn is_webp(buffer: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    buffer.starts_with(b"RIFF") && buffer.len() >= 14 && &buffer[8..14] == b"WEBPVP"
+}
diff --git a/components/net_traits/tests/image.rs b/components/net_traits/tests/image.rs
index 181f1c915e1..a4963702b57 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/tests/image.rs
+++ b/components/net_traits/tests/image.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ fn test_supported_images() {
     let gif2 = [b'G', b'I', b'F', b'8', b'9', b'a'];
     let jpeg = [0xff, 0xd8, 0xff];
     let png = [0x89, 0x50, 0x4E, 0x47, 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x1A, 0x0A];
+    let webp = [
+        b'R', b'I', b'F', b'F', 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, b'W', b'E', b'B', b'P', b'V', b'P',
+    ];
     let bmp = [0x42, 0x4D];
     let ico = [0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00];
     let junk_format = [0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05];
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ fn test_supported_images() {
     assert!(detect_image_format(&gif2).is_ok());
     assert!(detect_image_format(&jpeg).is_ok());
     assert!(detect_image_format(&png).is_ok());
+    assert!(detect_image_format(&webp).is_ok());
     assert!(detect_image_format(&bmp).is_ok());
     assert!(detect_image_format(&ico).is_ok());
     assert!(detect_image_format(&junk_format).is_err());