Unable to set image format error

[subdesign]

I call the following line

// $this->qrcode exists and is a string
$qrcode_image_path = sys_get_temp_dir().'/filename.png';
QrCode::format('png')->size(300)->margin(3)->generate($this->qrcode, $qrcode_image_path);

and get the result below:

[app.error][ERROR] Unable to set image format
#0 /vendor/bacon/bacon-qr-code/src/Renderer/Image/ImagickImageBackEnd.php(75): Imagick->setImageFormat()
#1 /vendor/bacon/bacon-qr-code/src/Renderer/ImageRenderer.php(50): BaconQrCode\Renderer\Image\ImagickImageBackEnd->new()
#2 /vendor/bacon/bacon-qr-code/src/Writer.php(54): BaconQrCode\Renderer\ImageRenderer->render()
#3 /vendor/simplesoftwareio/simple-qrcode/src/Generator.php(171): BaconQrCode\Writer->writeString()
...

Laravel 9.52.4 PHP 8.2

Any idea why get the error? Thanks

EDIT: the sysadmin confirmed that Imagick is installed on the server. hm..

EDIT 2: if I create a test php on the server, it generates the png with native call:

<?php

$image = new Imagick();
$image->newImage(100, 100, new ImagickPixel('red'));
$image->setImageFormat('png');

header('Content-type: image/png');
echo $image;

[DASPRiD]

This sounds like a bug in the Upstream library, please report it there.