diff --git a/scripts/bundleSize/bundleSizeConfig.js b/scripts/bundleSize/bundleSizeConfig.js
index 7ef6e70a3f4..1d1d5bcd514 100644
--- a/scripts/bundleSize/bundleSizeConfig.js
+++ b/scripts/bundleSize/bundleSizeConfig.js
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 
 export const VARIANCE = 5;
 
-export const MIN_SIZE = 920;
-export const MAX_SIZE = 1289;
+export const MIN_SIZE = 914;
+export const MAX_SIZE = 1282;
diff --git a/src/app/components/Image/index.tsx b/src/app/components/Image/index.tsx
index b0c995747c5..8c7d0d0a32b 100644
--- a/src/app/components/Image/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/Image/index.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ const Image = ({
             href={src}
             imageSrcSet={srcSet}
             imageSizes={sizes}
+            {...(fetchPriority && { fetchPriority })}
           />
         </Helmet>
       )}
diff --git a/src/app/components/ImageWithCaption/index.tsx b/src/app/components/ImageWithCaption/index.tsx
index adad0b33dae..394f26f0c0e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ImageWithCaption/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/ImageWithCaption/index.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const ImageWithCaption = ({
         width={width}
         lazyLoad={lazyLoad}
         preload={shouldPreloadLeadImage}
+        fetchPriority={shouldPreloadLeadImage ? 'high' : undefined}
         srcSet={primarySrcset || undefined}
         fallbackSrcSet={fallbackSrcset || undefined}
         mediaType={primaryMimeType || undefined}
diff --git a/webpack.config.client.js b/webpack.config.client.js
index c4538e740d0..6acbbd67517 100644
--- a/webpack.config.client.js
+++ b/webpack.config.client.js
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ module.exports = ({
             ecma: IS_LEGACY_WEB ? 5 : 2017,
             keep_classnames: IS_PROD_PROFILE,
             keep_fnames: IS_PROD_PROFILE,
+            compress: {
+              passes: 2,
+            },
           },
         }),
       ],
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/gahuza/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/gahuza/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index e6bc1b7cbf8..3f1e499a890 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/gahuza/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/gahuza/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Articles Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="Alexei Navalny na Yulia Navalnaya bari i Moscow mu 2013 muri metingi yo kwiyamamaza kw'abakuru b'imijyi"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="864"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/hausa/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/hausa/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index b480a5026ed..45998af113c 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/hausa/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/hausa/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Articles Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="Taswirar Faransa wanda ke nuna Paris da Cognac"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="351"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/news/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/news/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index d6f4dfc0eda..d8d38622783 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/news/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/news/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Articles Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="Pauline Clayton"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="360"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persian/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persian/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index b93b8df80c2..5a6cb19d566 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persian/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persian/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Articles Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="قهوه"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="360"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persianMediaPlayer/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persianMediaPlayer/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index 5e300391bb5..72755e3b8b0 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persianMediaPlayer/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/persianMediaPlayer/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Articles Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
   alt="این تصویر آزمایشی ، کپی رایت بی بی سی ، نقشه ای از فرانسه را نشان می دهد. تصویر در سه بلوک اول است و این عنوان را دارد.
 "
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="549"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/scotland/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/scotland/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index 0121655b840..d987ab90670 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/scotland/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/articles/scotland/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Articles Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="Map of France showing Paris and Cognac"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="351"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index 91ade3af3b4..bcb7e23f413 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Photo Gallery Page Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="Tenista de 1904"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="549"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/thai/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/thai/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index 6b0de6d824f..731c13ede3d 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/thai/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/photoGalleryPage/thai/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Photo Gallery Page Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="ดอกไม้ถูกนำมาวางไว้ที่ประติมานุสรณ์"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="549"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/kyrgyz/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/kyrgyz/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index 63736c5d24b..60097e1f0cf 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/kyrgyz/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/kyrgyz/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Story Page Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="social media"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="351"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
index 0ec03249894..b14212ce189 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/integration/pages/storyPage/mundo/__snapshots__/canonical.test.ts.snap
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ exports[`Canonical Story Page Image should match snapshot 1`] = `
 <img
   alt="A person holding a union jack umbrella in front of Big Ben"
   class="css-1seqhu9"
+  fetchpriority="high"
   height="549"
   loading="eager"
   sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 760px, 100vw"