diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa38599f..5c0f5148 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # 4.3.1-SNAPSHOT
 * Fix DexGuard optimization issue ([#216])<br>Thanks [@francescocervone]
+* module `images`: `GifSupport` and `SvgSupport` use `Class.forName` instead access to full qualified class name
 
 [#216]: https://github.com/noties/Markwon/pull/216
 [@francescocervone]: https://github.com/francescocervone
diff --git a/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifSupport.java b/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifSupport.java
index 70a143fc..b5c68d44 100644
--- a/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifSupport.java
+++ b/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifSupport.java
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ public abstract class GifSupport {
     static {
         boolean result;
         try {
-            pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifDrawable.class.getName();
+            // @since $nap;
+            Class.forName("pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifDrawable");
             result = true;
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             // @since 4.1.1 instead of printing full stacktrace of the exception,
diff --git a/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgSupport.java b/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgSupport.java
index 4afe2506..aea6ffb5 100644
--- a/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgSupport.java
+++ b/markwon-image/src/main/java/io/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgSupport.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public abstract class SvgSupport {
     static {
         boolean result;
         try {
-            com.caverock.androidsvg.SVG.class.getName();
+            Class.forName("com.caverock.androidsvg.SVG");
             result = true;
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             // @since 4.1.1 instead of printing full stacktrace of the exception,