diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 0605d3a30..271665cc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ For a detailed view of what has changed, refer to the {url-repo}/commits/main[co
 
 == Unreleased
 
-_No changes since previous release._
+Improvements::
+
+* upgrade prawn-svg to 0.34 to add support for SVG referenced by image tag (SVG in SVG)
+
+Bug Fixes::
+
+* upgrade prawn-svg to 0.34 to fix warning about base64 gem when using Ruby >= 3.3; apply additional patch to fix bug in prawn-svg
 
 == 2.3.13 (2024-02-16) - @mojavelinux
 
diff --git a/asciidoctor-pdf.gemspec b/asciidoctor-pdf.gemspec
index b73b4e82c..161eb7229 100644
--- a/asciidoctor-pdf.gemspec
+++ b/asciidoctor-pdf.gemspec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'matrix', '~> 0.4' # required until prawn >= 2.5.0 is released
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'prawn-table', '~> 0.2.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'prawn-templates', '~> 0.1.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'prawn-svg', '~> 0.33.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'prawn-svg', '~> 0.34.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'prawn-icon', '~> 3.0.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'concurrent-ruby', '~> 1.1'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'treetop', '~> 1.6.0'
diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/ext/prawn-svg.rb b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/ext/prawn-svg.rb
index 7e66f5a61..405978157 100644
--- a/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/ext/prawn-svg.rb
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/ext/prawn-svg.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require 'prawn-svg'
 require_relative 'prawn-svg/calculators/document_sizing'
 require_relative 'prawn-svg/elements/image'
+require_relative 'prawn-svg/elements/use'
 require_relative 'prawn-svg/loaders/data'
 require_relative 'prawn-svg/loaders/file'
 require_relative 'prawn-svg/loaders/web'
diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/ext/prawn-svg/elements/use.rb b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/ext/prawn-svg/elements/use.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae761dd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/ext/prawn-svg/elements/use.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# see https://github.com/mogest/prawn-svg/issues/164
+Prawn::SVG::Elements::Use.prepend (Module.new do
+  def parse
+    result = super
+    if @referenced_element_source.name == 'symbol' && !(@referenced_element_source.attributes.key? 'viewBox')
+      @referenced_element_class = Prawn::SVG::Elements::Container
+    end
+    result
+  end
+end)
diff --git a/spec/image_spec.rb b/spec/image_spec.rb
index 1abcb752f..5c6e30876 100644
--- a/spec/image_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/image_spec.rb
@@ -1157,23 +1157,23 @@ def traverse node
       end
     end
 
-    it 'should not embed local SVG in inline image', visual: true do
+    it 'should embed local SVG in inline image', visual: true do
       (expect do
         to_file = to_pdf_file <<~'EOS', 'image-inline-svg-with-local-svg.pdf'
-        image:svg-with-local-svg.svg[pdfwidth=1.27cm] lacks the red square.
+        image:svg-with-local-svg.svg[pdfwidth=1.27cm] contains a red square.
         EOS
         (expect to_file).to visually_match 'image-inline-svg-with-local-svg.pdf'
-      end).to log_message severity: :WARN, message: %(~problem encountered in image: #{fixture_file 'svg-with-local-svg.svg'}; Unsupported image type supplied to image tag)
+      end).to not_log_message
     end
 
     it 'should not embed local SVG in block image', visual: true do
       (expect do
         to_file = to_pdf_file <<~'EOS', 'image-block-svg-with-local-svg.pdf'
-        .Lacks the red square
+        .Contains a red square
         image::svg-with-local-svg.svg[pdfwidth=5in]
         EOS
         (expect to_file).to visually_match 'image-block-svg-with-local-svg.pdf'
-      end).to log_message severity: :WARN, message: %(~problem encountered in image: #{fixture_file 'svg-with-local-svg.svg'}; Unsupported image type supplied to image tag)
+      end).to not_log_message
     end
   end
 
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