diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8aca6d3..8ebd934 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Image 0.54.0
 
-This is the changelog for Image version 0.54.0 released on ____, 2024.  For older changelogs please consult the release tag on [GitHub](https://github.com/elixir-image/image/tags)
+This is the changelog for Image version 0.54.0 released on July 24th, 2024.  For older changelogs please consult the release tag on [GitHub](https://github.com/elixir-image/image/tags)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ This is the changelog for Image version 0.54.0 released on ____, 2024.  For olde
 
 * Fix `Image.get_pixel/3` to ensure only integer values are returned when the image band format is integer. This is required because the underlying `Vix.Vips.Operation.getpoint/3` always returns floats.
 
+* Fix using `Image.open/2` with binary HEIC files. HEIC magic numbers are now used to identify if a binary is an HEIC image (as is already done for other image types).
+
 ### Enhancements
 
 * Adds `Image.vibrance/3` and `Image.vibrance!/3` following the [libvips discussion](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/discussions/4039).
diff --git a/lib/image.ex b/lib/image.ex
index ec68974..156cdc5 100644
--- a/lib/image.ex
+++ b/lib/image.ex
@@ -757,6 +757,21 @@ defmodule Image do
     from_binary(image, options)
   end
 
+  # 'heic': the usual HEIF images
+  # 'heix': 10bit images, or anything that uses h265 with range extension
+  # 'hevc', 'hevx': brands for image sequences
+  # 'heim': multiview
+  # 'heis': scalable
+  # 'hevm': multiview sequence
+  # 'hevs': sc
+
+  @heic_types ["heic", "heix", "hevc", "hevx", "heim", "heis", "hevm", "hevs", "mif1"]
+
+  def open(<<_::bytes-4, "ftyp", type::bytes-4, _rest::binary>> = image, options)
+      when type in @heic_types do
+    from_binary(image, options)
+  end
+
   # A file path
   def open(image_path, options) when is_binary(image_path) do
     with {:ok, options} <- Options.Open.validate_options(options) do
diff --git a/test/image_test.exs b/test/image_test.exs
index 50613e6..524507e 100644
--- a/test/image_test.exs
+++ b/test/image_test.exs
@@ -327,4 +327,9 @@ defmodule Image.Test do
     joined = Image.join_bands!(bands)
     assert {:ok, +0.0, _} = Image.compare(image, joined)
   end
+
+  test "Opening an HEIC binary" do
+    heic = File.read!("./test/support/images/sample1.heic")
+    assert {:ok, _image} = Image.open(heic)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/support/images/sample1.heic b/test/support/images/sample1.heic
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index 0000000..00cc549
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