diff --git a/packages/client/src/setupUpdateHead.ts b/packages/client/src/setupUpdateHead.ts
index f64d35d8293..1c6ec61e567 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/setupUpdateHead.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/setupUpdateHead.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { isPlainObject, isString } from '@vuepress/shared'
+import {
+  isPlainObject,
+  isString,
+  resolveHeadIdentifier,
+} from '@vuepress/shared'
 import type { HeadConfig, VuepressSSRContext } from '@vuepress/shared'
 import { onMounted, provide, ref, useSSRContext, watch } from 'vue'
 import {
@@ -25,35 +29,45 @@ export const setupUpdateHead = (): void => {
     return
   }
 
-  const headTags = ref<HTMLElement[]>([])
+  const headTags = ref<{ el: HTMLElement; id: string }[]>([])
 
   // load current head tags from DOM
   const loadHead = (): void => {
     head.value.forEach((item) => {
       const tag = queryHeadTag(item)
       if (tag) {
-        headTags.value.push(tag)
+        headTags.value.push({ el: tag, id: resolveHeadIdentifier(item) })
       }
     })
   }
 
   // update html lang attribute and head tags to DOM
   const updateHead: UpdateHead = () => {
-    document.documentElement.lang = lang.value
+    const oldHeadTags = headTags.value
+    const newHeadTags = head.value
+      .map((item) => ({
+        id: resolveHeadIdentifier(item),
+        el: createHeadTag(item),
+      }))
+      .filter(({ el }) => el !== null)
 
-    headTags.value.forEach((item) => {
-      if (item.parentNode === document.head) {
-        document.head.removeChild(item)
-      }
+    // update lang
+    if (document.documentElement.lang !== lang.value)
+      document.documentElement.lang = lang.value
+
+    oldHeadTags.forEach(({ el, id: oldID }) => {
+      const existingHeaIndex = newHeadTags.findIndex(({ id }) => id === oldID)
+
+      // remove the tag in new tags to preserve it
+      if (existingHeaIndex !== -1) newHeadTags.splice(existingHeaIndex, 1)
+      // remove old head tags
+      else document.head.removeChild(el)
     })
-    headTags.value.splice(0, headTags.value.length)
 
-    head.value.forEach((item) => {
-      const tag = createHeadTag(item)
-      if (tag !== null) {
-        document.head.appendChild(tag)
-        headTags.value.push(tag)
-      }
+    // append new head tags
+    newHeadTags.forEach((head) => {
+      document.head.appendChild(head.el)
+      headTags.value.push(head)
     })
   }
   provide(updateHeadSymbol, updateHead)