diff --git a/server/package-lock.json b/server/package-lock.json
index 6cc3572ec4f9d..1ca61d6ed7232 100644
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
         "class-validator": "^0.14.0",
         "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
-        "exiftool-vendored": "~26.2.0",
+        "exiftool-vendored": "~27.0.0",
         "fast-glob": "^3.3.2",
         "fluent-ffmpeg": "^2.1.2",
         "geo-tz": "^8.0.0",
@@ -9127,9 +9127,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/exiftool-vendored": {
-      "version": "26.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/exiftool-vendored/-/exiftool-vendored-26.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7P6jQ944or7ic2SJzW+uaWK4TLDXlaCppHrBayl4MpIrVcEeQjiQTez4/oOH0wULIRu4j4H6Xruz4SLrDaafUg==",
+      "version": "27.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/exiftool-vendored/-/exiftool-vendored-27.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/jHX8Jjadj0YJzpqnuBo1Yy2ln2hnRbBIc+3jcVOLQ6qhHEKsLRlfJ145Ghn7k/EcnfpDzVX3V8AUCTC8juTow==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@photostructure/tz-lookup": "^10.0.0",
         "@types/luxon": "^3.4.2",
@@ -22600,9 +22601,9 @@
       }
     },
     "exiftool-vendored": {
-      "version": "26.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/exiftool-vendored/-/exiftool-vendored-26.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7P6jQ944or7ic2SJzW+uaWK4TLDXlaCppHrBayl4MpIrVcEeQjiQTez4/oOH0wULIRu4j4H6Xruz4SLrDaafUg==",
+      "version": "27.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/exiftool-vendored/-/exiftool-vendored-27.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/jHX8Jjadj0YJzpqnuBo1Yy2ln2hnRbBIc+3jcVOLQ6qhHEKsLRlfJ145Ghn7k/EcnfpDzVX3V8AUCTC8juTow==",
       "requires": {
         "@photostructure/tz-lookup": "^10.0.0",
         "@types/luxon": "^3.4.2",
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 6625555bb0daa..1633302ea3e7b 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
     "class-validator": "^0.14.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
-    "exiftool-vendored": "~26.2.0",
+    "exiftool-vendored": "~27.0.0",
     "fast-glob": "^3.3.2",
     "fluent-ffmpeg": "^2.1.2",
     "geo-tz": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
index 0b32233f6a8f8..a7c6bd13bb8fd 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { InjectDataSource, InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { DefaultReadTaskOptions, Tags, exiftool } from 'exiftool-vendored';
+import { DefaultReadTaskOptions, ExifTool, Tags } from 'exiftool-vendored';
 import geotz from 'geo-tz';
 import { DummyValue, GenerateSql } from 'src/decorators';
 import { ExifEntity } from 'src/entities/exif.entity';
@@ -20,40 +20,39 @@ export class MetadataRepository implements IMetadataRepository {
     @Inject(ILoggerRepository) private logger: ILoggerRepository,
   ) {
     this.logger.setContext(MetadataRepository.name);
+    this.exiftool = new ExifTool({
+      defaultVideosToUTC: true,
+      backfillTimezones: true,
+      inferTimezoneFromDatestamps: true,
+      useMWG: true,
+      numericTags: [...DefaultReadTaskOptions.numericTags, 'FocalLength'],
+      /* eslint unicorn/no-array-callback-reference: off, unicorn/no-array-method-this-argument: off */
+      geoTz: (lat, lon) => geotz.find(lat, lon)[0],
+      // Enable exiftool LFS to parse metadata for files larger than 2GB.
+      readArgs: ['-api', 'largefilesupport=1'],
+      writeArgs: ['-api', 'largefilesupport=1', '-overwrite_original'],
+    });
   }
+  private exiftool: ExifTool;
 
   async teardown() {
-    await exiftool.end();
+    await this.exiftool.end();
   }
 
   readTags(path: string): Promise<ImmichTags | null> {
-    return exiftool
-      .read(path, undefined, {
-        ...DefaultReadTaskOptions,
-
-        // Enable exiftool LFS to parse metadata for files larger than 2GB.
-        optionalArgs: ['-api', 'largefilesupport=1'],
-        defaultVideosToUTC: true,
-        backfillTimezones: true,
-        inferTimezoneFromDatestamps: true,
-        useMWG: true,
-        numericTags: [...DefaultReadTaskOptions.numericTags, 'FocalLength'],
-        /* eslint unicorn/no-array-callback-reference: off, unicorn/no-array-method-this-argument: off */
-        geoTz: (lat, lon) => geotz.find(lat, lon)[0],
-      })
-      .catch((error) => {
-        this.logger.warn(`Error reading exif data (${path}): ${error}`, error?.stack);
-        return null;
-      }) as Promise<ImmichTags | null>;
+    return this.exiftool.read(path).catch((error) => {
+      this.logger.warn(`Error reading exif data (${path}): ${error}`, error?.stack);
+      return null;
+    }) as Promise<ImmichTags | null>;
   }
 
   extractBinaryTag(path: string, tagName: string): Promise<Buffer> {
-    return exiftool.extractBinaryTagToBuffer(tagName, path);
+    return this.exiftool.extractBinaryTagToBuffer(tagName, path);
   }
 
   async writeTags(path: string, tags: Partial<Tags>): Promise<void> {
     try {
-      await exiftool.write(path, tags, ['-overwrite_original']);
+      await this.exiftool.write(path, tags);
     } catch (error) {
       this.logger.warn(`Error writing exif data (${path}): ${error}`);
     }