diff --git a/modules/extras.py b/modules/extras.py
index d665440a..7407bfe3 100644
--- a/modules/extras.py
+++ b/modules/extras.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ from modules.shared import opts
 import modules.gfpgan_model
 from modules.ui import plaintext_to_html
 import modules.codeformer_model
-import piexif
-import piexif.helper
 import gradio as gr
 import safetensors.torch
 
diff --git a/modules/images.py b/modules/images.py
index c3a5fc8b..a73be3fa 100644
--- a/modules/images.py
+++ b/modules/images.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ from modules.shared import opts, cmd_opts
 
 LANCZOS = (Image.Resampling.LANCZOS if hasattr(Image, 'Resampling') else Image.LANCZOS)
 
+Image.init() # initialize once all known file format handlers
+
 
 def image_grid(imgs, batch_size=1, rows=None):
     if rows is None:
diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index 975102d9..7ae118cb 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ basicsr==1.4.2
 gfpgan==1.3.8
 gradio==3.15.0
 numpy==1.23.3
-Pillow==9.2.0
+Pillow==9.3.0
 realesrgan==0.3.0
 torch
 omegaconf==2.2.3