diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/Avalonia.Skia.Android.csproj b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/Avalonia.Skia.Android.csproj
index a40ee92fbf..4a4b280771 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/Avalonia.Skia.Android.csproj
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/Avalonia.Skia.Android.csproj
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Mono.Android" />
     <Reference Include="mscorlib" />
-    <Reference Include="SkiaSharp, Version=1.53.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.53.0\lib\MonoAndroid\SkiaSharp.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="SkiaSharp, Version=1.54.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.54.0\lib\MonoAndroid\SkiaSharp.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/packages.config b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/packages.config
index 5f27ea1039..616c52f1d5 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/packages.config
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Android/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="SkiaSharp" version="1.53.0" targetFramework="monoandroid44" />
+  <package id="SkiaSharp" version="1.54.0" targetFramework="monoandroid44" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop.csproj b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop.csproj
index 8326df9881..95063bafce 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop.csproj
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="SkiaSharp, Version=1.53.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.53.0\lib\net45\SkiaSharp.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="SkiaSharp, Version=1.54.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.54.0\lib\net45\SkiaSharp.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
   <Import Project="..\Avalonia.Skia\Avalonia.Skia.projitems" Label="Shared" />
   <Import Project="..\..\Shared\RenderHelpers\RenderHelpers.projitems" Label="Shared" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.53.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.53.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.54.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.54.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets')" />
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.53.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.53.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.54.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.54.0\build\net45\SkiaSharp.targets'))" />
   </Target>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/packages.config b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/packages.config
index 677d775736..7affb24599 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/packages.config
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.Desktop/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="SkiaSharp" version="1.53.0" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="SkiaSharp" version="1.54.0" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/Avalonia.Skia.iOS.csproj b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/Avalonia.Skia.iOS.csproj
index b8e31eb56a..f236803904 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/Avalonia.Skia.iOS.csproj
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/Avalonia.Skia.iOS.csproj
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="SkiaSharp, Version=1.53.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.53.0\lib\XamariniOS\SkiaSharp.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="SkiaSharp, Version=1.54.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\SkiaSharp.1.54.0\lib\XamariniOS\SkiaSharp.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/packages.config b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/packages.config
index faf56e0eea..586982bc47 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/packages.config
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia.iOS/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="SkiaSharp" version="1.53.0" targetFramework="xamarinios10" />
+  <package id="SkiaSharp" version="1.54.0" targetFramework="xamarinios10" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/PlatformRenderInterface.cs b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/PlatformRenderInterface.cs
index cb6d0547e9..8f41265454 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/PlatformRenderInterface.cs
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/PlatformRenderInterface.cs
@@ -32,21 +32,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Skia
         {
             using (var s = new SKManagedStream(stream))
             {
-                using (var codec = SKCodec.Create(s))
+                var bitmap = SKBitmap.Decode(s);
+                if (bitmap != null)
                 {
-                    var info = codec.Info;
-                    var bitmap = new SKBitmap(info.Width, info.Height, SKImageInfo.PlatformColorType, info.IsOpaque ? SKAlphaType.Opaque : SKAlphaType.Premul);
-
-                    IntPtr length;
-                    var result = codec.GetPixels(bitmap.Info, bitmap.GetPixels(out length));
-                    if (result == SKCodecResult.Success || result == SKCodecResult.IncompleteInput)
-                    {
-                        return new BitmapImpl(bitmap);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        throw new ArgumentException("Unable to load bitmap from provided data");
-                    }
+                    return new BitmapImpl(bitmap);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException("Unable to load bitmap from provided data");
                 }
             }
         }