diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 088a6a0a..ac7f2abe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
       "version": "4.34.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@rive-app/canvas": "2.42.0",
-        "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.42.0",
-        "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.42.0"
+        "@rive-app/canvas": "2.42.1",
+        "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.42.1",
+        "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.42.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/core": "^7.18.0",
@@ -1357,21 +1357,21 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@rive-app/canvas": {
-      "version": "2.42.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rive-app/canvas/-/canvas-2.42.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ByXG7i8PZGFhPDUA9tkjEbB/C1cjs775IxFdPrWiQDN/WYMU6MirI2x0kGjHHwdfUKuG2HSkWEUI5SBeZm/hEA==",
+      "version": "2.42.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rive-app/canvas/-/canvas-2.42.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-S9u3DNWWTmACjlq5vW0KmG6IpMRVx+JNExdJskAhMulEP7rC64LPufQf6vCuL9g1ogbrgT828vFEyraRVJn8fA==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@rive-app/canvas-lite": {
-      "version": "2.42.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rive-app/canvas-lite/-/canvas-lite-2.42.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-U3X0AJxOQFMbBYg0Svb4cmln8SJpOQLm2c54sCj/iMo4liiw15GKQbTChQrGJwEqrGkjS+5R5ZOdVqHPgg964A==",
+      "version": "2.42.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rive-app/canvas-lite/-/canvas-lite-2.42.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pBmcP4WJV0QY851H27LI4ncWnORo8BA9YhoOUb9lsD5rPdlCIMR3cMkE7VcZ0f8Km+tg64+96vrexnkRieJntw==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@rive-app/webgl2": {
-      "version": "2.42.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rive-app/webgl2/-/webgl2-2.42.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-l5KJsxSc39lirk5+EHKKwkEdV84vI14zc7N7B5jBdVAk3E4Tg79C0gd5JmScoJaoRkc6wi6X952KbALji+NQZg==",
+      "version": "2.42.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rive-app/webgl2/-/webgl2-2.42.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yOyznVtUTPAew6bsJBHbLmOaUwheWMHHsAXmbI8h6MdnwMxpOqQrP00BuZAHlC86ib5ubUlSBZfzjL84sn+Rsg==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@rollup/plugin-commonjs": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64916f6f..14dca370 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@rive-app/canvas": "2.42.0",
-    "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.42.0",
-    "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.42.0"
+    "@rive-app/canvas": "2.42.1",
+    "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.42.1",
+    "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.42.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0"
diff --git a/src/hooks/useRive.tsx b/src/hooks/useRive.tsx
index 8049b4f3..78cdd295 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useRive.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useRive.tsx
@@ -159,12 +159,20 @@ export default function useRive(
       // frees it synchronously. Read the previous canvas from a ref, because
       // canvasElem is never updated in this callback
       const previousCanvas = canvasRef.current;
+      canvasRef.current = canvas;
+
       if (canvas === null && previousCanvas) {
-        previousCanvas.height = 0;
-        previousCanvas.width = 0;
+        // A null ref is not always an unmount. React detaches and re-attaches
+        // the same element when it re-runs a mount on strict mode -- so
+        // defer and release only if this element did not come back.
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          if (canvasRef.current !== previousCanvas) {
+            previousCanvas.height = 0;
+            previousCanvas.width = 0;
+          }
+        });
       }
 
-      canvasRef.current = canvas;
       setCanvasElem(canvas);
     },
     []
diff --git a/test/useRive.test.tsx b/test/useRive.test.tsx
index 06512ccd..9c140adb 100644
--- a/test/useRive.test.tsx
+++ b/test/useRive.test.tsx
@@ -455,12 +455,45 @@ describe('useRive', () => {
     expect(captured!.width).toBe(800);
     expect(captured!.height).toBe(600);
 
-    unmount();
+    // The release is deferred a microtask so a ref detach that is immediately
+    // followed by a re-attach (StrictMode) does not zero a live canvas.
+    await act(async () => {
+      unmount();
+    });
 
     expect(captured!.width).toBe(0);
     expect(captured!.height).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  it('does not release the backing store when the ref is re-attached immediately', async () => {
+    // React re-runs a mount by detaching the ref and immediately re-attaching
+    // the identical element; StrictMode does this on every mount under React 19.
+    const params = { src: 'file-src' };
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    mocked(rive.Rive).mockImplementation(() => baseRiveMock);
+
+    const canvasSpy = document.createElement('canvas');
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useRive(params));
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      result.current.setCanvasRef(canvasSpy);
+    });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.canvas).toBe(canvasSpy));
+
+    canvasSpy.width = 800;
+    canvasSpy.height = 600;
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      result.current.setCanvasRef(null);
+      result.current.setCanvasRef(canvasSpy);
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+
+    expect(canvasSpy.width).toBe(800);
+    expect(canvasSpy.height).toBe(600);
+  });
+
   it('keeps setCanvasRef referentially stable across renders', async () => {
     const params = { src: 'file-src' };