diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d04bcd5..f6bb16f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
         "illuminate/support": "^8|^9|^10|^11",
-        "intervention/image": "^3.7"
+        "intervention/image": "^3.11"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0 || ^11.0",
diff --git a/config/image.php b/config/image.php
index 503ec76..d346586 100644
--- a/config/image.php
+++ b/config/image.php
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@
     |    decoded as such or whether the animation is discarded.
     |
     | - "blendingColor" Defines the default blending color.
+    |
+    | - "strip" controls if meta data like exif tags should be removed when
+    |    encoding images.
     */
 
     'options' => [
         'autoOrientation' => true,
         'decodeAnimation' => true,
         'blendingColor' => 'ffffff',
+        'strip' => false,
     ]
 ];
diff --git a/src/ServiceProvider.php b/src/ServiceProvider.php
index 02e8fbf..cf552a5 100644
--- a/src/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public function register()
                 driver: config('image.driver'),
                 autoOrientation: config('image.options.autoOrientation', true),
                 decodeAnimation: config('image.options.decodeAnimation', true),
-                blendingColor: config('image.options.blendingColor', 'ffffff')
+                blendingColor: config('image.options.blendingColor', 'ffffff'),
+                strip: config('image.options.strip', false)
             );
         });
     }