diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index c8523e17..8c2766e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#context-availability
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        msrv: ["1.80.1"] # Don't forget to update the `rust-version` in Cargo.toml as well
+        msrv: ["1.81.0"] # Don't forget to update the `rust-version` in Cargo.toml as well
     name: ubuntu / ${{ matrix.msrv }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3520d054..2d31208e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "imageproc"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.26.1"
 authors = ["theotherphil"]
 # note: when changed, also update `msrv` in `.github/workflows/check.yml`
-rust-version = "1.80.1"
+rust-version = "1.81.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Image processing operations"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rayon = ["dep:rayon", "image/rayon"]
 [dependencies]
 ab_glyph = { version = "0.2.23", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 approx = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
-image = { version = "0.25.0", default-features = false }
+image = { version = "0.25.6", default-features = false }
 itertools = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "use_std",
 ] }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false, features = [
     "std_rng",
 ] }
 rand_distr = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false }
-rayon = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
+rayon = { version = "1.10.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 sdl2 = { version = "0.36", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "bundled",
 ] }
diff --git a/src/contrast.rs b/src/contrast.rs
index c9024f1b..ac67c97d 100644
--- a/src/contrast.rs
+++ b/src/contrast.rs
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ fn histogram_lut(source_histc: &[u32; 256], target_histc: &[u32; 256]) -> [usize
     lut
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(miri))]
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/src/drawing/text.rs b/src/drawing/text.rs
index 13319afb..28eddf04 100644
--- a/src/drawing/text.rs
+++ b/src/drawing/text.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ pub fn draw_text_mut<C>(
     let image_width = canvas.width() as i32;
     let image_height = canvas.height() as i32;
 
+    let has_alpha = matches!(C::Pixel::COLOR_MODEL, "RGBA" | "YA");
+
     layout_glyphs(scale, font, text, |g, bb| {
         let x_shift = x + bb.min.x.round() as i32;
         let y_shift = y + bb.min.y.round() as i32;
@@ -98,10 +100,19 @@ pub fn draw_text_mut<C>(
             if (0..image_width).contains(&image_x) && (0..image_height).contains(&image_y) {
                 let image_x = image_x as u32;
                 let image_y = image_y as u32;
-                let pixel = canvas.get_pixel(image_x, image_y);
+                let mut pixel = canvas.get_pixel(image_x, image_y);
                 let gv = gv.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
-                let weighted_color = weighted_sum(pixel, color, 1.0 - gv, gv);
-                canvas.draw_pixel(image_x, image_y, weighted_color);
+
+                if has_alpha {
+                    let mut color = color;
+                    color.apply_with_alpha(|f| f, |g| Clamp::clamp(g.into() * gv));
+
+                    pixel.blend(&color);
+                } else {
+                    pixel = weighted_sum(pixel, color, 1.0 - gv, gv);
+                }
+
+                canvas.draw_pixel(image_x, image_y, pixel);
             }
         })
     });
diff --git a/src/template_matching.rs b/src/template_matching.rs
index e51a2fb6..a9476289 100644
--- a/src/template_matching.rs
+++ b/src/template_matching.rs
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ mod methods {
     }
 
     fn square_sum(input: &GrayImage) -> f32 {
-        input.iter().map(|&x| (x as f32 * x as f32)).sum()
+        input.iter().map(|&x| x as f32 * x as f32).sum()
     }
     fn mult_square_sum(a: &GrayImage, b: &GrayImage) -> f32 {
         a.iter()