diff --git a/lib/web_ui/dev/goldens_lock.yaml b/lib/web_ui/dev/goldens_lock.yaml
index f322395..137070e 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/dev/goldens_lock.yaml
+++ b/lib/web_ui/dev/goldens_lock.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/goldens.git
-revision: ae6003206eb721137c20cd56d8d1d8e2a76d6dd1
+revision: 5ae87c98ad4abf882a2d312e4c4f75d7ad6d845b
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvas_pool.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvas_pool.dart
index 3702513..b97ffed 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvas_pool.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvas_pool.dart
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
     bool requiresClearRect = false;
     if (_reusablePool != null && _reusablePool.isNotEmpty) {
       _canvas = _reusablePool.removeAt(0);
+      // If a canvas is the first element we set z-index = -1 to workaround
+      // blink compositing bug. To make sure this does not leak when reused
+      // reset z-index.
+      _canvas.style.removeProperty('z-index');
       requiresClearRect = true;
     } else {
       // Compute the final CSS canvas size given the actual pixel count we
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/canvas_reuse_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/canvas_reuse_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e92f552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/canvas_reuse_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// @dart = 2.6
+import 'dart:html' as html;
+
+import 'package:ui/ui.dart' hide TextStyle;
+import 'package:ui/src/engine.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+import 'package:web_engine_tester/golden_tester.dart';
+
+void main() async {
+  const double screenWidth = 600.0;
+  const double screenHeight = 800.0;
+  const Rect screenRect = Rect.fromLTWH(0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight);
+  final Paint testPaint = Paint()
+    ..style = PaintingStyle.stroke
+    ..strokeWidth = 2.0
+    ..color = const Color(0xFFFF00FF);
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    debugEmulateFlutterTesterEnvironment = true;
+    await webOnlyInitializePlatform();
+    webOnlyFontCollection.debugRegisterTestFonts();
+    await webOnlyFontCollection.ensureFontsLoaded();
+  });
+
+  // Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/51514
+  test('Canvas is reused and z-index doesn\'t leak across paints', () async {
+    final EngineCanvas engineCanvas = BitmapCanvas(screenRect);
+    const Rect region = Rect.fromLTWH(0, 0, 500, 500);
+
+    // Draw first frame into engine canvas.
+    final RecordingCanvas rc =
+      RecordingCanvas(const Rect.fromLTWH(1, 2, 300, 400));
+    final Path path = Path()
+      ..moveTo(3, 0)
+      ..lineTo(100, 97);
+    rc.drawPath(path, testPaint);
+    rc.apply(engineCanvas);
+    engineCanvas.endOfPaint();
+
+    html.Element sceneElement = html.Element.tag('flt-scene');
+    sceneElement.append(engineCanvas.rootElement);
+    html.document.body.append(sceneElement);
+
+    final html.CanvasElement canvas = html.document.querySelector('canvas');
+    // ! Since canvas is first element, it should have zIndex = -1 for correct
+    // paint order.
+    expect(canvas.style.zIndex , '-1');
+
+    // Add id to canvas element to test for reuse.
+    const String kTestId = 'test-id-5698';
+    canvas.id = kTestId;
+
+    sceneElement.remove();
+    // Clear so resources are marked for reuse.
+
+    engineCanvas.clear();
+
+    // Now paint a second scene to same [BitmapCanvas] but paint an image
+    // before the path to move canvas element into second position.
+    final RecordingCanvas rc2 =
+      RecordingCanvas(const Rect.fromLTWH(1, 2, 300, 400));
+    final Path path2 = Path()
+      ..moveTo(3, 0)
+      ..quadraticBezierTo(100, 0, 100, 100);
+    rc2.drawImage(_createRealTestImage(), Offset(0, 0), Paint());
+    rc2.drawPath(path2, testPaint);
+    rc2.apply(engineCanvas);
+
+    sceneElement = html.Element.tag('flt-scene');
+    sceneElement.append(engineCanvas.rootElement);
+    html.document.body.append(sceneElement);
+
+    final html.CanvasElement canvas2 = html.document.querySelector('canvas');
+    // ZIndex should have been cleared since we have image element preceding
+    // canvas.
+    expect(canvas.style.zIndex != '-1', true);
+    expect(canvas2.id, kTestId);
+    await matchGoldenFile('bitmap_canvas_reuse_zindex.png', region: region);
+  });
+}
+
+const String _base64Encoded20x20TestImage = 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAIAAAAC64paAAAACXBIWXMAAC4jAAAuIwF4pT92AAAA'
+    'B3RJTUUH5AMFFBksg4i3gQAAABl0RVh0Q29tbWVudABDcmVhdGVkIHdpdGggR0lNUFeBDhcAAAAj'
+    'SURBVDjLY2TAC/7jlWVioACMah4ZmhnxpyHG0QAb1UyZZgBjWAIm/clP0AAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==';
+
+HtmlImage _createRealTestImage() {
+  return HtmlImage(
+    html.ImageElement()
+      ..src = 'data:text/plain;base64,$_base64Encoded20x20TestImage',
+    20,
+    20,
+  );
+}