diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 02e2802d..11172885 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
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@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
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     "nelmio/cors-bundle": "^2.1",
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+    "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "^1",
     "symfony/asset": "^6",
     "symfony/console": "^6",
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diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index e4051af9..9ad0d33a 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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-                "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^1.0",
-                "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.4",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5.17",
+                "php-console/php-console": "^3.1.8",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^2",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^2",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^2",
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-                "ruflin/elastica": "^7",
+                "rollbar/rollbar": "^4.0",
+                "ruflin/elastica": "^7 || ^8",
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-                "source": "https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/tree/3.7.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/tree/3.8.0"
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-                "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "^1.7",
+                "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "^1.7|^2.0",
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+                "source": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/tree/5.6.0"
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-            "time": "2024-11-06T11:58:54+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-11-12T11:25:25+00:00"
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                 "phpdocumentor/reflection-common": "^2.0",
-                "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "^1.18"
+                "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "^1.18|^2.0"
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@@ -2168,9 +2170,9 @@
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-                "source": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/TypeResolver/tree/1.9.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/TypeResolver/tree/1.10.0"
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-            "time": "2024-11-03T20:11:34+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-11-09T15:12:26+00:00"
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@@ -8128,16 +8130,16 @@
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@@ -8147,8 +8149,8 @@
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-                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.11.10",
-                "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.1",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.12 || ^2",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1 || ^2",
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@@ -8187,7 +8189,7 @@
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-                "source": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/tree/3.3.1"
+                "source": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/tree/3.3.2"
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@@ -8203,7 +8205,7 @@
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-            "time": "2024-08-27T18:44:43+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-11-12T16:29:46+00:00"
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@@ -9200,16 +9202,16 @@
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-            "version": "2.9.1",
+            "version": "2.9.2",
             "source": {
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                 "url": "https://github.com/liip/LiipTestFixturesBundle.git",
-                "reference": "aa89bed82eda771483eae0bb043f10f827cd90b0"
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@@ -9288,9 +9290,9 @@
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-                "source": "https://github.com/liip/LiipTestFixturesBundle/tree/2.9.1"
+                "source": "https://github.com/liip/LiipTestFixturesBundle/tree/2.9.2"
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-            "time": "2024-07-15T09:31:30+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-11-12T18:52:49+00:00"
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@@ -9597,16 +9599,16 @@
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-            "version": "1.12.8",
+            "version": "1.12.10",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan.git",
-                "reference": "f6a60a4d66142b8156c9da923f1972657bc4748c"
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@@ -9651,7 +9653,7 @@
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-            "time": "2024-11-06T19:06:49+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-11-11T15:37:09+00:00"
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             "name": "phpunit/php-code-coverage",
@@ -12548,6 +12550,7 @@
     "platform": {
         "php": ">=8.2",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
+        "ext-exif": "*",
         "ext-gd": "*",
         "ext-iconv": "*",
         "ext-json": "*",
diff --git a/src/Helper/ImageHelper.php b/src/Helper/ImageHelper.php
index 5defc7a6..e55c67a8 100644
--- a/src/Helper/ImageHelper.php
+++ b/src/Helper/ImageHelper.php
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ public static function fitInBoundingBox(string $imgPath, mixed $boxWidth, mixed
         $imageWidth = $imageSizes[0];
         $imageHeight = $imageSizes[1];
 
+        return self::fitInBoundingBoxRaw($imageWidth, $imageHeight, $boxWidth, $boxHeight, $expand);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * gives back the width and height to be used.
+     *
+     * @return int[]
+     */
+    public static function fitInBoundingBoxRaw(int $imageWidth, int $imageHeight, mixed $boxWidth, mixed $boxHeight, bool $expand = true): array
+    {
         // get ratios
         $widthRatio = (float) $boxWidth / $imageWidth;
         $heightRatio = (float) $boxHeight / $imageHeight;
diff --git a/src/Service/Image/GdService.php b/src/Service/Image/GdService.php
index 9669dcce..cac6af24 100644
--- a/src/Service/Image/GdService.php
+++ b/src/Service/Image/GdService.php
@@ -104,9 +104,30 @@ public function drawCrosshair(float $positionX, float $positionY, string $color,
         }
     }
 
+    private function getQuarterRotation(string $sourcePath): int
+    {
+        if (function_exists('exif_read_data')) {
+            $exif = exif_read_data($sourcePath);
+            if (!empty($exif['Orientation'])) {
+                return match ($exif['Orientation']) {
+                    3 => 2,
+                    6 => 3,
+                    8 => 1,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     public function resizeImage(string $sourcePath, string $targetPath, int $maxWidth, int $maxHeight): bool
     {
-        list($width, $height) = ImageHelper::fitInBoundingBox($sourcePath, $maxWidth, $maxHeight, false);
+        $rotation = $this->getQuarterRotation($sourcePath);
+        $imageSizes = getimagesize($sourcePath);
+        $imageWidth = $imageSizes[$rotation % 2];
+        $imageHeight = $imageSizes[($rotation + 1) % 2];
+
+        list($width, $height) = ImageHelper::fitInBoundingBoxRaw($imageWidth, $imageHeight, $maxWidth, $maxHeight, false);
         $ending = strtolower(pathinfo($sourcePath, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
 
         // resize & save
@@ -121,6 +142,10 @@ public function resizeImage(string $sourcePath, string $targetPath, int $maxWidt
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if ($rotation > 0) {
+                $originalImage = imagerotate($originalImage, $rotation * 90, 0);
+            }
+
             imagecopyresampled($newImage, $originalImage, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, imagesx($originalImage), imagesy($originalImage));
             imagejpeg($newImage, $targetPath, 80);
         } elseif ('png' === $ending) {
@@ -129,6 +154,10 @@ public function resizeImage(string $sourcePath, string $targetPath, int $maxWidt
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if ($rotation > 0) {
+                $originalImage = imagerotate($originalImage, $rotation * 90, 0);
+            }
+
             imagecopyresampled($newImage, $originalImage, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, imagesx($originalImage), imagesy($originalImage));
             imagepng($newImage, $targetPath, 8);
         } elseif ('gif' === $ending) {
@@ -137,6 +166,10 @@ public function resizeImage(string $sourcePath, string $targetPath, int $maxWidt
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if ($rotation > 0) {
+                $originalImage = imagerotate($originalImage, $rotation * 90, 0);
+            }
+
             imagecopyresampled($newImage, $originalImage, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, imagesx($originalImage), imagesy($originalImage));
             imagegif($newImage, $targetPath);
         } else {