diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0bce5ae..ae54749 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3348,10 +3348,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "system-tray"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3397841ed755bf361606a845779e0f7333d35fb4e39627ef6f656d7cdad4c73"
+checksum = "90d5d024b1573d22079347055d817863c21ea0903df404668095499c08800e4a"
 dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
  "dbusmenu-gtk3-sys",
  "futures-lite",
  "gtk",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fc6c1cb..55fe78a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ futures-signals = { version = "0.3.34", optional = true }
 sysinfo = { version = "0.36.0", optional = true }
 
 # tray
-system-tray = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["dbusmenu-gtk3"], optional = true }
+system-tray = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["dbusmenu-gtk3"], optional = true }
 
 # volume
 libpulse-binding = { version = "2.30.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/modules/tray/icon.rs b/src/modules/tray/icon.rs
index 4586f23..e7932dd 100644
--- a/src/modules/tray/icon.rs
+++ b/src/modules/tray/icon.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int};
 use std::ptr;
+use system_tray::item::IconPixmap;
 
 /// Gets the GTK icon theme search paths by calling the FFI function.
 /// Conveniently returns the result as a `HashSet`.
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ pub fn get_image(
     icon_theme: &IconTheme,
 ) -> Result<Image> {
     if !prefer_icons && item.icon_pixmap.is_some() {
-        get_image_from_pixmap(item, size)
+        get_image_from_pixmap(item.icon_pixmap.as_deref(), size)
     } else {
         get_image_from_icon_name(item, size, icon_theme)
-            .or_else(|_| get_image_from_pixmap(item, size))
+            .or_else(|_| get_image_from_pixmap(item.icon_pixmap.as_deref(), size))
     }
 }
 
@@ -81,12 +82,10 @@ fn get_image_from_icon_name(item: &TrayMenu, size: u32, icon_theme: &IconTheme)
 /// which has 8 bits per sample and a bit stride of `4*width`.
 /// The Pixbuf expects RGBA32 format, so some channel shuffling
 /// is required.
-fn get_image_from_pixmap(item: &TrayMenu, size: u32) -> Result<Image> {
+fn get_image_from_pixmap(item: Option<&[IconPixmap]>, size: u32) -> Result<Image> {
     const BITS_PER_SAMPLE: i32 = 8;
 
     let pixmap = item
-        .icon_pixmap
-        .as_ref()
         .and_then(|pixmap| pixmap.first())
         .ok_or_else(|| Report::msg("Failed to get pixmap from tray icon"))?;
 
diff --git a/src/modules/tray/mod.rs b/src/modules/tray/mod.rs
index b0159f1..d42f7cb 100644
--- a/src/modules/tray/mod.rs
+++ b/src/modules/tray/mod.rs
@@ -181,9 +181,11 @@ fn on_update(
                 UpdateEvent::AttentionIcon(_icon) => {
                     warn!("received unimplemented NewAttentionIcon event");
                 }
-                UpdateEvent::Icon(icon) => {
-                    if icon.as_ref() != menu_item.icon_name() {
-                        menu_item.set_icon_name(icon);
+                UpdateEvent::Icon { icon_name, icon_pixmap} => {
+                    menu_item.icon_pixmap = icon_pixmap;
+
+                    if icon_name.as_ref() != menu_item.icon_name() {
+                        menu_item.set_icon_name(icon_name);
                         match icon::get_image(menu_item, icon_size, prefer_icons, icon_theme) {
                             Ok(image) => menu_item.set_image(&image),
                             Err(_) => menu_item.show_label(),