diff --git a/crates/plotters-svg/.android-checksum.json b/crates/plotters-svg/.android-checksum.json
index f5f2cd4..3d9f156 100644
--- a/crates/plotters-svg/.android-checksum.json
+++ b/crates/plotters-svg/.android-checksum.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/crates/plotters-svg/.cargo-checksum.json b/crates/plotters-svg/.cargo-checksum.json
index 6aaf347..0870d2a 100644
--- a/crates/plotters-svg/.cargo-checksum.json
+++ b/crates/plotters-svg/.cargo-checksum.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/crates/plotters-svg/Android.bp b/crates/plotters-svg/Android.bp
index 1b24c16..125fd6e 100644
--- a/crates/plotters-svg/Android.bp
+++ b/crates/plotters-svg/Android.bp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     host_supported: true,
     crate_name: "plotters_svg",
     cargo_env_compat: true,
-    cargo_pkg_version: "0.3.5",
+    cargo_pkg_version: "0.3.7",
     crate_root: "src/lib.rs",
     edition: "2018",
     rustlibs: ["libplotters_backend"],
diff --git a/crates/plotters-svg/Cargo.toml b/crates/plotters-svg/Cargo.toml
index e659289..8965ded 100644
--- a/crates/plotters-svg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/plotters-svg/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,14 +12,23 @@
 [package]
 edition = "2018"
 name = "plotters-svg"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.7"
 authors = ["Hao Hou <haohou302@gmail.com>"]
+build = false
+autobins = false
+autoexamples = false
+autotests = false
+autobenches = false
 description = "Plotters SVG backend"
 homepage = "https://plotters-rs.github.io"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/plotters-rs/plotters.git"
 
+[lib]
+name = "plotters_svg"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
 [dependencies.image]
 version = "0.24.2"
 features = [
@@ -31,7 +40,7 @@
 default-features = false
 
 [dependencies.plotters-backend]
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 
diff --git a/crates/plotters-svg/METADATA b/crates/plotters-svg/METADATA
index 10b9f73..f193b5c 100644
--- a/crates/plotters-svg/METADATA
+++ b/crates/plotters-svg/METADATA
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 name: "plotters-svg"
 description: "Plotters SVG backend"
 third_party {
-  version: "0.3.5"
+  version: "0.3.7"
   license_type: NOTICE
   last_upgrade_date {
-    year: 2024
-    month: 2
-    day: 5
+    year: 2025
+    month: 1
+    day: 14
   }
   homepage: "https://crates.io/crates/plotters-svg"
   identifier {
     type: "Archive"
-    value: "https://static.crates.io/crates/plotters-svg/plotters-svg-0.3.5.crate"
-    version: "0.3.5"
+    value: "https://static.crates.io/crates/plotters-svg/plotters-svg-0.3.7.crate"
+    version: "0.3.7"
   }
 }
diff --git a/crates/plotters-svg/src/svg.rs b/crates/plotters-svg/src/svg.rs
index 7ea105d..ec549f8 100644
--- a/crates/plotters-svg/src/svg.rs
+++ b/crates/plotters-svg/src/svg.rs
@@ -17,21 +17,16 @@
 
 fn make_svg_color(color: BackendColor) -> String {
     let (r, g, b) = color.rgb;
-    return format!("#{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}", r, g, b);
+    format!("#{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}", r, g, b)
 }
 
 fn make_svg_opacity(color: BackendColor) -> String {
-    return format!("{}", color.alpha);
+    format!("{}", color.alpha)
 }
 
 enum Target<'a> {
     File(String, &'a Path),
     Buffer(&'a mut String),
-    // TODO: At this point we won't make the breaking change
-    // so the u8 buffer is still supported. But in 0.3, we definitely
-    // should get rid of this.
-    #[cfg(feature = "deprecated_items")]
-    U8Buffer(String, &'a mut Vec<u8>),
 }
 
 impl Target<'_> {
@@ -39,8 +34,6 @@
         match self {
             Target::File(ref mut buf, _) => buf,
             Target::Buffer(buf) => buf,
-            #[cfg(feature = "deprecated_items")]
-            Target::U8Buffer(ref mut buf, _) => buf,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -147,24 +140,6 @@
         ret
     }
 
-    /// Create a new SVG drawing backend and store the document into a u8 vector
-    #[cfg(feature = "deprecated_items")]
-    #[deprecated(
-        note = "This will be replaced by `with_string`, consider use `with_string` to avoid breaking change in the future"
-    )]
-    pub fn with_buffer(buf: &'a mut Vec<u8>, size: (u32, u32)) -> Self {
-        let mut ret = Self {
-            target: Target::U8Buffer(String::default(), buf),
-            size,
-            tag_stack: vec![],
-            saved: false,
-        };
-
-        ret.init_svg_file(size);
-
-        ret
-    }
-
     /// Create a new SVG drawing backend and store the document into a String buffer
     pub fn with_string(buf: &'a mut String, size: (u32, u32)) -> Self {
         let mut ret = Self {
@@ -203,11 +178,6 @@
                         .map_err(DrawingErrorKind::DrawingError)?;
                 }
                 Target::Buffer(_) => {}
-                #[cfg(feature = "deprecated_items")]
-                Target::U8Buffer(ref actual, ref mut target) => {
-                    target.clear();
-                    target.extend_from_slice(actual.as_bytes());
-                }
             }
             self.saved = true;
         }
@@ -481,11 +451,11 @@
     }
 
     #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "image"))]
-    fn blit_bitmap<'b>(
+    fn blit_bitmap(
         &mut self,
         pos: BackendCoord,
         (w, h): (u32, u32),
-        src: &'b [u8],
+        src: &[u8],
     ) -> Result<(), DrawingErrorKind<Self::ErrorType>> {
         use image::codecs::png::PngEncoder;
         use image::ImageEncoder;
@@ -508,9 +478,7 @@
         }
 
         let padding = (3 - data.len() % 3) % 3;
-        for _ in 0..padding {
-            data.push(0);
-        }
+        data.resize(data.len() + padding, 0);
 
         let mut rem_bits = 0;
         let mut rem_num = 0;
diff --git a/pseudo_crate/Cargo.lock b/pseudo_crate/Cargo.lock
index 4dde6c2..f0d27ae 100644
--- a/pseudo_crate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/pseudo_crate/Cargo.lock
@@ -3982,9 +3982,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "plotters-svg"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38f6d39893cca0701371e3c27294f09797214b86f1fb951b89ade8ec04e2abab"
+checksum = "51bae2ac328883f7acdfea3d66a7c35751187f870bc81f94563733a154d7a670"
 dependencies = [
  "plotters-backend",
 ]
diff --git a/pseudo_crate/Cargo.toml b/pseudo_crate/Cargo.toml
index fa33505..5964333 100644
--- a/pseudo_crate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pseudo_crate/Cargo.toml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 pkcs8 = "=0.10.2"
 plotters = "=0.3.5"
 plotters-backend = "=0.3.7"
-plotters-svg = "=0.3.5"
+plotters-svg = "=0.3.7"
 poll_token_derive = "=0.1.0"
 ppv-lite86 = "=0.2.17"
 predicates = "=3.0.4"