diff --git a/app/Uploads/ImageResizer.php b/app/Uploads/ImageResizer.php
index d09177fff..fa6b1cac2 100644
--- a/app/Uploads/ImageResizer.php
+++ b/app/Uploads/ImageResizer.php
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ use Exception;
 use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Utils;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Intervention\Image\Decoders\BinaryImageDecoder;
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Decoders\NativeObjectDecoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Driver;
 use Intervention\Image\Encoders\AutoEncoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Encoders\PngEncoder;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface as InterventionImage;
 use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
+use Intervention\Image\Origin;
 
 class ImageResizer
 {
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ class ImageResizer
         }
 
         // If not in cache and thumbnail does not exist, generate thumb and cache path
-        $thumbData = $this->resizeImageData($imageData, $width, $height, $keepRatio);
+        $thumbData = $this->resizeImageData($imageData, $width, $height, $keepRatio, $this->getExtension($image));
         $disk->put($thumbFilePath, $thumbData, true);
         Cache::put($thumbCacheKey, $thumbFilePath, static::THUMBNAIL_CACHE_TIME);
 
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ class ImageResizer
         ?string $format = null,
     ): string {
         try {
-            $thumb = $this->interventionFromImageData($imageData);
+            $thumb = $this->interventionFromImageData($imageData, $format);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw new ImageUploadException(trans('errors.cannot_create_thumbs'));
         }
@@ -154,11 +156,23 @@ class ImageResizer
      * Performs some manual library usage to ensure image is specifically loaded
      * from given binary data instead of data being misinterpreted.
      */
-    protected function interventionFromImageData(string $imageData): InterventionImage
+    protected function interventionFromImageData(string $imageData, ?string $fileType): InterventionImage
     {
         $manager = new ImageManager(new Driver());
 
-        return $manager->read($imageData, BinaryImageDecoder::class);
+        // Ensure gif images are decoded natively instead of deferring to intervention GIF
+        // handling since we don't need the added animation support.
+        $isGif = $fileType === 'gif';
+        $decoder = $isGif ? NativeObjectDecoder::class : BinaryImageDecoder::class;
+        $input = $isGif ? @imagecreatefromstring($imageData) : $imageData;
+
+        $image = $manager->read($input, $decoder);
+
+        if ($isGif) {
+            $image->setOrigin(new Origin('image/gif'));
+        }
+
+        return $image;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -209,7 +223,15 @@ class ImageResizer
      */
     protected function isGif(Image $image): bool
     {
-        return strtolower(pathinfo($image->path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)) === 'gif';
+        return $this->getExtension($image) === 'gif';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the extension for the given image, normalised to lower-case.
+     */
+    protected function getExtension(Image $image): string
+    {
+        return strtolower(pathinfo($image->path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Uploads/ImageTest.php b/tests/Uploads/ImageTest.php
index d24b6202b..db500f606 100644
--- a/tests/Uploads/ImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Uploads/ImageTest.php
@@ -599,6 +599,40 @@ class ImageTest extends TestCase
         $this->files->deleteAtRelativePath($relPath);
     }
 
+    public function test_gif_thumbnail_generation()
+    {
+        $this->asAdmin();
+        $originalFile = $this->files->testFilePath('animated.gif');
+        $originalFileSize = filesize($originalFile);
+
+        $imgDetails = $this->files->uploadGalleryImageToPage($this, $this->entities->page(), 'animated.gif');
+        $relPath = $imgDetails['path'];
+
+        $this->assertTrue(file_exists(public_path($relPath)), 'Uploaded image found at path: ' . public_path($relPath));
+        $galleryThumb = $imgDetails['response']->thumbs->gallery;
+        $displayThumb = $imgDetails['response']->thumbs->display;
+
+        // Ensure display thumbnail is original image
+        $this->assertStringEndsWith($imgDetails['path'], $displayThumb);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('thumbs', $displayThumb);
+
+        // Ensure gallery thumbnail is reduced image (single frame)
+        $galleryThumbRelPath = implode('/', array_slice(explode('/', $galleryThumb), 3));
+        $galleryThumbPath = public_path($galleryThumbRelPath);
+        $galleryFileSize = filesize($galleryThumbPath);
+
+        // Basic scan of GIF content to check frame count
+        $originalFrameCount = count(explode("\x00\x21\xF9", file_get_contents($originalFile)));
+        $galleryFrameCount = count(explode("\x00\x21\xF9", file_get_contents($galleryThumbPath)));
+
+        $this->files->deleteAtRelativePath($relPath);
+        $this->files->deleteAtRelativePath($galleryThumbRelPath);
+
+        $this->assertNotEquals($originalFileSize, $galleryFileSize);
+        $this->assertEquals(3, $originalFrameCount);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $galleryFrameCount);
+    }
+
     protected function getTestProfileImage()
     {
         $imageName = 'profile.png';
diff --git a/tests/test-data/animated.gif b/tests/test-data/animated.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13c9d0524
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