diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh
index 2ea1420245..3ff1e29675 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/build-dependencies-qt.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ FREETYPE=2.14.1
 HARFBUZZ=12.2.0
 LIBBACKTRACE=ad106d5fdd5d960bd33fae1c48a351af567fd075
 LIBJPEGTURBO=3.1.2
-LIBPNG=1.6.51
+LIBPNG=1.6.53
 LIBWEBP=1.6.0
 NVENC=11.1.5.3
 SDL=SDL3-3.2.26
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ b2751fccb6cc4c77708113cd78b561059b6fa904b24162fa0be2d60273d27b8e  ffmpeg-$FFMPEG
 f63fc519f150465bd0bdafcdf3d0e9c23474f4c474171cd515ea1b3a72c081fb  harfbuzz-$HARFBUZZ.tar.gz
 fd6f417fe9e3a071cf1424a5152d926a34c4a3c5070745470be6cf12a404ed79  $LIBBACKTRACE.zip
 8f0012234b464ce50890c490f18194f913a7b1f4e6a03d6644179fa0f867d0cf  libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz
-a050a892d3b4a7bb010c3a95c7301e49656d72a64f1fc709a90b8aded192bed2  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
+1d3fb8ccc2932d04aa3663e22ef5ef490244370f4e568d7850165068778d98d4  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
 e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564  libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz
 dad488474a51a0b01d547cd2834893d6299328d2e30f479a3564088b5476bae2  $SDL.tar.gz
 9c16ec5654be709f062a705d0c6f529193f1c2123fe7f102fda6733913689023  libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/26-libpng.json b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/26-libpng.json
index fc9de56a09..7e1124ffbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/26-libpng.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/flatpak/modules/26-libpng.json
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
   "sources": [
     {
       "type": "archive",
-      "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/1.6.51/libpng-1.6.51.tar.xz",
-      "sha256": "a050a892d3b4a7bb010c3a95c7301e49656d72a64f1fc709a90b8aded192bed2"
+      "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/1.6.53/libpng-1.6.53.tar.xz",
+      "sha256": "1d3fb8ccc2932d04aa3663e22ef5ef490244370f4e568d7850165068778d98d4"
     },
     {
       "type": "file",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh
index ed5ff80702..1fe6bdf761 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies-universal.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ HARFBUZZ=12.2.0
 SDL=SDL3-3.2.26
 ZSTD=1.5.7
 LZ4=1.10.0
-LIBPNG=1.6.51
+LIBPNG=1.6.53
 LIBJPEGTURBO=3.1.2
 LIBWEBP=1.6.0
 FFMPEG=8.0
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ f63fc519f150465bd0bdafcdf3d0e9c23474f4c474171cd515ea1b3a72c081fb  harfbuzz-$HARF
 dad488474a51a0b01d547cd2834893d6299328d2e30f479a3564088b5476bae2  $SDL.tar.gz
 eb33e51f49a15e023950cd7825ca74a4a2b43db8354825ac24fc1b7ee09e6fa3  zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz
 537512904744b35e232912055ccf8ec66d768639ff3abe5788d90d792ec5f48b  lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz
-a050a892d3b4a7bb010c3a95c7301e49656d72a64f1fc709a90b8aded192bed2  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
+1d3fb8ccc2932d04aa3663e22ef5ef490244370f4e568d7850165068778d98d4  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
 e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564  libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz
 9c16ec5654be709f062a705d0c6f529193f1c2123fe7f102fda6733913689023  libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz
 8f0012234b464ce50890c490f18194f913a7b1f4e6a03d6644179fa0f867d0cf  libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh
index 89fcbff161..57ee0e14c4 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/macos/build-dependencies.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ HARFBUZZ=12.2.0
 SDL=SDL3-3.2.26
 ZSTD=1.5.7
 LZ4=1.10.0
-LIBPNG=1.6.51
+LIBPNG=1.6.53
 LIBJPEGTURBO=3.1.2
 LIBWEBP=1.6.0
 FFMPEG=8.0
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ f63fc519f150465bd0bdafcdf3d0e9c23474f4c474171cd515ea1b3a72c081fb  harfbuzz-$HARF
 dad488474a51a0b01d547cd2834893d6299328d2e30f479a3564088b5476bae2  $SDL.tar.gz
 eb33e51f49a15e023950cd7825ca74a4a2b43db8354825ac24fc1b7ee09e6fa3  zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz
 537512904744b35e232912055ccf8ec66d768639ff3abe5788d90d792ec5f48b  lz4-$LZ4.tar.gz
-a050a892d3b4a7bb010c3a95c7301e49656d72a64f1fc709a90b8aded192bed2  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
+1d3fb8ccc2932d04aa3663e22ef5ef490244370f4e568d7850165068778d98d4  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
 e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564  libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz
 9c16ec5654be709f062a705d0c6f529193f1c2123fe7f102fda6733913689023  libpng-$LIBPNG-apng.patch.gz
 8f0012234b464ce50890c490f18194f913a7b1f4e6a03d6644179fa0f867d0cf  libjpeg-turbo-$LIBJPEGTURBO.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat
index 037c80b645..9954e69f77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies-arm64.bat
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cd "%BUILDDIR%"
 set FREETYPE=2.14.1
 set HARFBUZZ=12.2.0
 set LIBJPEGTURBO=3.1.2
-set LIBPNG=1651
+set LIBPNG=1653
 set LIBPNGLONG=1.6.51
 set SDL=SDL3-3.2.26
 set QT=6.10.1
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ set SHADERC_SPIRVTOOLS=971a7b6e8d7740035bbff089bbbf9f42951ecfd5
 
 call :downloadfile "freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz" https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/%FREETYPE%/freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz/download 174d9e53402e1bf9ec7277e22ec199ba3e55a6be2c0740cb18c0ee9850fc8c34 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "harfbuzz-%HARFBUZZ%.zip" https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/%HARFBUZZ%.zip 31490c781bacd2ce56862555b11c51c964977c39f14f51b817dfaecf0be089fe || goto error
-call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng/lpng1651.zip 31c2c6505fc1bb613574fd12357684b4e0292650607416ef1e68e6e4e0c470c8 || goto error
+call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng/lpng1653.zip 140566abc64bb2320cb35f1d154d1cb3eb7174a12234d33bfdffb446bdc0a1d2 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%-apng.patch.gz" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-%LIBPNGLONG%-apng.patch.gz 9c16ec5654be709f062a705d0c6f529193f1c2123fe7f102fda6733913689023 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" "https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/download/%LIBJPEGTURBO%/libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" 8f0012234b464ce50890c490f18194f913a7b1f4e6a03d6644179fa0f867d0cf || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564 || goto error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat
index 2307096563..12908db701 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/windows/build-dependencies.bat
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cd "%BUILDDIR%"
 set FREETYPE=2.14.1
 set HARFBUZZ=12.2.0
 set LIBJPEGTURBO=3.1.2
-set LIBPNG=1651
+set LIBPNG=1653
 set LIBPNGLONG=1.6.51
 set SDL=SDL3-3.2.26
 set QT=6.10.1
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ set SHADERC_SPIRVTOOLS=971a7b6e8d7740035bbff089bbbf9f42951ecfd5
 
 call :downloadfile "freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz" https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/%FREETYPE%/freetype-%FREETYPE%.tar.gz/download 174d9e53402e1bf9ec7277e22ec199ba3e55a6be2c0740cb18c0ee9850fc8c34 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "harfbuzz-%HARFBUZZ%.zip" https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/%HARFBUZZ%.zip 31490c781bacd2ce56862555b11c51c964977c39f14f51b817dfaecf0be089fe || goto error
-call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng/lpng1651.zip 31c2c6505fc1bb613574fd12357684b4e0292650607416ef1e68e6e4e0c470c8 || goto error
+call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%.zip" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng/lpng1653.zip 140566abc64bb2320cb35f1d154d1cb3eb7174a12234d33bfdffb446bdc0a1d2 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "lpng%LIBPNG%-apng.patch.gz" https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng-apng/libpng-%LIBPNGLONG%-apng.patch.gz 9c16ec5654be709f062a705d0c6f529193f1c2123fe7f102fda6733913689023 || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" "https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/download/%LIBJPEGTURBO%/libjpeg-turbo-%LIBJPEGTURBO%.tar.gz" 8f0012234b464ce50890c490f18194f913a7b1f4e6a03d6644179fa0f867d0cf || goto error
 call :downloadfile "libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-%WEBP%.tar.gz" e4ab7009bf0629fd11982d4c2aa83964cf244cffba7347ecd39019a9e38c4564 || goto error