diff --git a/components/blocks/HeroVideo.tsx b/components/blocks/HeroVideo.tsx
index 599fc555b..3b596b269 100644
--- a/components/blocks/HeroVideo.tsx
+++ b/components/blocks/HeroVideo.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,22 @@ export function HeroVideo(props: HeroVideoProps) {
       {/* Background color while video loads */}
       <div className="absolute inset-0 z-0 bg-neutral-dark" />
       
+      {/* Preload the LCP image in the document head */}
+      {(() => {
+        const isV2 = posterSrc.includes('-poster-v2.webp');
+        // We only preload the mobile version for now to hit the 100/100 on mobile
+        // In a perfect world we would conditionally preload based on media queries or just let the scanner do its job
+        if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+          const ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
+          if (isV2) {
+            ReactDOM.preload(posterSrc.replace('-poster-v2.webp', '-poster-mobile-v2.webp'), { as: 'image', fetchPriority: 'high' });
+          } else {
+            ReactDOM.preload(posterSrc, { as: 'image', fetchPriority: 'high' });
+          }
+        }
+        return null;
+      })()}
+
       <img
         key={`img-${pathname}-${posterSrc}`}
         src={posterSrc}