diff --git a/xExtension-GridView/README.md b/xExtension-GridView/README.md
index 4c63823b..e63ff8b7 100644
--- a/xExtension-GridView/README.md
+++ b/xExtension-GridView/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Your grid view preference is saved locally and persists across sessions.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- FreshRSS 1.20.0 or later
+- FreshRSS 1.28.0 or later
 
 ## Responsive Breakpoints
 
diff --git a/xExtension-GridView/extension.php b/xExtension-GridView/extension.php
index 961cd3d4..c9651567 100644
--- a/xExtension-GridView/extension.php
+++ b/xExtension-GridView/extension.php
@@ -430,43 +430,30 @@ private function ensureThumbnail(FreshRSS_Entry $entry, bool $persist = false):
 	/**
 	 * Fetch a URL and extract the og:image meta tag.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $url The article URL to fetch
+	 * @param non-empty-string $url The article URL to fetch
 	 * @return string|null The og:image URL or null if not found
 	 */
 	private function extractOgImage(string $url): ?string {
-		$ctx = stream_context_create([
-			'http' => [
-				'timeout' => 5,
-				'method' => 'GET',
-				'header' => "User-Agent: FreshRSS/GridView\r\n",
-				'follow_location' => 1,
-				'max_redirects' => 3,
-				'ignore_errors' => true,
-			],
-			'ssl' => [
-				'verify_peer' => true,
-				'verify_peer_name' => true,
-			],
-		]);
-
-		// Only fetch the first 50 KB — og:image is in <head>
-		$html = @file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx, 0, 50000);
-		if ($html === false || $html === '') {
+		// Use the FreshRSS HTTP client, as FreshRSS 1.30+ disables the http(s) stream wrappers
+		['body' => $html, 'effective_url' => $effectiveUrl, 'fail' => $fail] = FreshRSS_http_Util::httpGet($url,
+			cachePath: CACHE_PATH . '/' . sha1($url) . '.html', type: 'html', attributes: ['timeout' => 5]);
+		if ($fail || $html === '') {
 			return null;
 		}
+		$pageUrl = $effectiveUrl ?: $url;
 
 		// Try og:image first, then twitter:image (both attribute orderings)
 		if (preg_match('/<meta\s[^>]*property=["\']og:image["\'][^>]*content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/i', $html, $matches)) {
-			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $url);
+			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $pageUrl);
 		}
 		if (preg_match('/<meta\s[^>]*content=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]*property=["\']og:image["\']/i', $html, $matches)) {
-			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $url);
+			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $pageUrl);
 		}
 		if (preg_match('/<meta\s[^>]*name=["\']twitter:image["\'][^>]*content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/i', $html, $matches)) {
-			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $url);
+			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $pageUrl);
 		}
 		if (preg_match('/<meta\s[^>]*content=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]*name=["\']twitter:image["\']/i', $html, $matches)) {
-			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $url);
+			return $this->normalizeImageUrl($matches[1], $pageUrl);
 		}
 
 		return null;
diff --git a/xExtension-GridView/metadata.json b/xExtension-GridView/metadata.json
index fdba6fff..41be167a 100644
--- a/xExtension-GridView/metadata.json
+++ b/xExtension-GridView/metadata.json
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 	"name": "Grid View",
 	"author": "Marius Stroe <https://github.com/mstroe>",
 	"description": "A grid/card view for displaying feeds with images, configurable 2-4 columns, FreshRSS native share integration, and browser reader mode support",
-	"version": "1.1.1",
+	"version": "1.1.2",
 	"entrypoint": "GridView",
 	"type": "user",
-	"compatibility": "1.25.0"
+	"compatibility": "1.28.0"
 }