diff --git a/src/lib/cache/http.ts b/src/lib/cache/http.ts
index 1f3590c10..c6b764fcf 100644
--- a/src/lib/cache/http.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cache/http.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ export const noCacheFetchOptions: Partial<RequestInit> = {
     // Cloudflare doesn't support the `cache` directive before next-on-pages patches the fetch function
     // https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/issues/698
     // cache: 'no-store',
-    next: { revalidate: 0 },
+    next: {
+        revalidate: 0,
+        // @ts-ignore - experiment to bypass potential I/O sharing in Next
+        internal: true,
+    },
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/images.ts b/src/lib/images.ts
index a3e1b2e77..2f65f0b18 100644
--- a/src/lib/images.ts
+++ b/src/lib/images.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import 'server-only';
 
+import { noCacheFetchOptions } from '@/lib/cache/http';
+
 import { rootUrl } from './links';
 
 export interface CloudflareImageJsonFormat {
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ export async function resizeImage(
                             : `image/${resizeOptions.format || 'jpeg'}`,
                 },
                 signal,
+                ...noCacheFetchOptions,
             },
         );