diff --git a/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py b/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
index 800aeab23cb7063e39bc56df0ad3365c8036915c..fa5903e7f45d91e9927dfcd30562614c2f41175c 100755
--- a/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
+++ b/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 bl_info = {
     'name': 'glTF 2.0 format',
     'author': 'Julien Duroure, Norbert Nopper, Urs Hanselmann, Moritz Becher, Benjamin SchmithĂĽsen, Jim Eckerlein, and many external contributors',
-    "version": (0, 9, 65),
+    "version": (0, 9, 66),
     'blender': (2, 81, 6),
     'location': 'File > Import-Export',
     'description': 'Import-Export as glTF 2.0',
diff --git a/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_image.py b/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_image.py
index 546aa7e33ae8d54e25fd3ef8fce94bc52f4ca218..95824537278a914b12661289f88d33788e849457 100755
--- a/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_image.py
+++ b/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_image.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class BlenderImage():
                         return
 
                 blender_image = bpy.data.images.load(path)
+                blender_image.reload() # workaround bug in 2.81 alpha
                 blender_image.name = img_name
                 blender_image['tex_transform'] = {}
                 blender_image['tex_transform'][str(tex_index)] = tex_transform
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ class BlenderImage():
                 tmp_image.close()
 
                 blender_image = bpy.data.images.load(tmp_image.name)
+                blender_image.reload() # workaround bug in 2.81 alpha
                 blender_image.pack()
                 blender_image.name = img_name
                 blender_image['tex_transform'] = {}