diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs
index 453197b0c..80ee3d130 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Advanced;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 using SixLabors.Primitives;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// <summary>
         /// The global color table.
         /// </summary>
-        private byte[] globalColorTable;
+        private Buffer<byte> globalColorTable;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The global color table length
@@ -123,10 +124,10 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
                 if (this.logicalScreenDescriptor.GlobalColorTableFlag)
                 {
                     this.globalColorTableLength = this.logicalScreenDescriptor.GlobalColorTableSize * 3;
-                    this.globalColorTable = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(this.globalColorTableLength);
+                    this.globalColorTable = Buffer<byte>.CreateClean(this.globalColorTableLength);
 
                     // Read the global color table from the stream
-                    stream.Read(this.globalColorTable, 0, this.globalColorTableLength);
+                    stream.Read(this.globalColorTable.Array, 0, this.globalColorTableLength);
                 }
 
                 // Loop though the respective gif parts and read the data.
@@ -175,10 +176,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
             }
             finally
             {
-                if (this.globalColorTable != null)
-                {
-                    ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(this.globalColorTable);
-                }
+                this.globalColorTable?.Dispose();
             }
 
             return this.image;
@@ -309,19 +307,19 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         {
             GifImageDescriptor imageDescriptor = this.ReadImageDescriptor();
 
-            byte[] localColorTable = null;
-            byte[] indices = null;
+            Buffer<byte> localColorTable = null;
+            Buffer<byte> indices = null;
             try
             {
                 // Determine the color table for this frame. If there is a local one, use it otherwise use the global color table.
                 if (imageDescriptor.LocalColorTableFlag)
                 {
                     int length = imageDescriptor.LocalColorTableSize * 3;
-                    localColorTable = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(length);
-                    this.currentStream.Read(localColorTable, 0, length);
+                    localColorTable = Buffer<byte>.CreateClean(length);
+                    this.currentStream.Read(localColorTable.Array, 0, length);
                 }
 
-                indices = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(imageDescriptor.Width * imageDescriptor.Height);
+                indices = Buffer<byte>.CreateClean(imageDescriptor.Width * imageDescriptor.Height);
 
                 this.ReadFrameIndices(imageDescriptor, indices);
                 this.ReadFrameColors(indices, localColorTable ?? this.globalColorTable, imageDescriptor);
@@ -331,12 +329,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
             }
             finally
             {
-                if (localColorTable != null)
-                {
-                    ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(localColorTable);
-                }
-
-                ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(indices);
+                localColorTable?.Dispose();
+                indices?.Dispose();
             }
         }
 
@@ -346,7 +340,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// <param name="imageDescriptor">The <see cref="GifImageDescriptor"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="indices">The pixel array to write to.</param>
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-        private void ReadFrameIndices(GifImageDescriptor imageDescriptor, byte[] indices)
+        private void ReadFrameIndices(GifImageDescriptor imageDescriptor, Span<byte> indices)
         {
             int dataSize = this.currentStream.ReadByte();
             using (var lzwDecoder = new LzwDecoder(this.currentStream))
@@ -361,7 +355,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// <param name="indices">The indexed pixels.</param>
         /// <param name="colorTable">The color table containing the available colors.</param>
         /// <param name="descriptor">The <see cref="GifImageDescriptor"/></param>
-        private void ReadFrameColors(byte[] indices, byte[] colorTable, GifImageDescriptor descriptor)
+        private void ReadFrameColors(Span<byte> indices, Span<byte> colorTable, GifImageDescriptor descriptor)
         {
             int imageWidth = this.logicalScreenDescriptor.Width;
             int imageHeight = this.logicalScreenDescriptor.Height;
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/LzwDecoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/LzwDecoder.cs
index b8f12f930..3284dad65 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/LzwDecoder.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/LzwDecoder.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// <param name="height">The height of the pixel index array.</param>
         /// <param name="dataSize">Size of the data.</param>
         /// <param name="pixels">The pixel array to decode to.</param>
-        public void DecodePixels(int width, int height, int dataSize, byte[] pixels)
+        public void DecodePixels(int width, int height, int dataSize, Span<byte> pixels)
         {
             Guard.MustBeLessThan(dataSize, int.MaxValue, nameof(dataSize));