diff --git a/partials/components/header-content.hbs b/partials/components/header-content.hbs
index 4f7471fe9..fb363cba7 100644
--- a/partials/components/header-content.hbs
+++ b/partials/components/header-content.hbs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         {{#match headerStyle "!=" "Magazine"}}
         {{#match headerStyle "!=" "Highlight"}}
             {{#if @site.cover_image}}
-                <img class="gh-header-image" src="{{@site.cover_image}}" alt="{{@site.title}}">
+                <img class="gh-header-image" fetchpriority="high" src="{{@site.cover_image}}" alt="{{@site.title}}">
             {{/if}}
         {{/match}}
         {{/match}}
diff --git a/partials/feature-image.hbs b/partials/feature-image.hbs
index 1ef64a4b6..5058c5a94 100644
--- a/partials/feature-image.hbs
+++ b/partials/feature-image.hbs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <figure class="gh-article-image">
         <img
             class="gh-feature-image"
+            fetchpriority="high"
             srcset="{{img_url feature_image size="s"}} 320w,
                     {{img_url feature_image size="m"}} 600w,
                     {{img_url feature_image size="l"}} 960w,