diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a94f13c5..836cc7b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
     "@types/node": "^18.18.1",
     "eslint": "^8.50.0",
     "nuxt": "^3.11.2",
-    "vitest": "^1.3.1",
-    "typescript": "^5.4.5"
+    "typescript": "^5.4.5",
+    "vitest": "^1.3.1"
   },
   "stackblitz": {
     "installDependencies": false,
diff --git a/playground/components/ServerComponent.server.vue b/playground/components/ServerComponent.server.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad7324ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/components/ServerComponent.server.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <h1>Server-only Nuxt-Island component</h1>
+    <p>Nonce: <span id="server-nonce">{{ nonce }}</span></p>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+const nonce = useNonce()
+</script>
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diff --git a/playground/pages/island.vue b/playground/pages/island.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f18b75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/pages/island.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    Island Page
+    <ServerComponent />
+  </div>
+</template>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/40-cspSsrNonce.ts b/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/40-cspSsrNonce.ts
index e5b636e9..e796de65 100644
--- a/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/40-cspSsrNonce.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/40-cspSsrNonce.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defineNitroPlugin } from '#imports'
-import crypto from 'node:crypto'
+import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto'
 import { resolveSecurityRules } from '../context'
 
 const LINK_RE = /<link([^>]*?>)/gi
@@ -17,18 +17,32 @@ export default defineNitroPlugin((nitroApp) => {
     return
   }
 
+  // Genearate a 16-byte random nonce for each request.
   nitroApp.hooks.hook('request', (event) => {
+    if (event.context.security?.nonce) {
+      // When rendering server-only (NuxtIsland) components, each component will trigger a request event.
+      // The request context is shared between the event that renders the actual page and the island request events.
+      // Make sure to only generate the nonce once.
+      return
+    }
+
     const rules = resolveSecurityRules(event)
     if (rules.enabled && rules.nonce && !import.meta.prerender) {
-      const nonce = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('base64')
+      const nonce = randomBytes(16).toString('base64')
       event.context.security!.nonce = nonce
     }
   })
 
+  // Set the nonce attribute on all script, style, and link tags.
   nitroApp.hooks.hook('render:html', (html, { event }) => {
     // Exit if no CSP defined
     const rules = resolveSecurityRules(event)
-    if (!rules.enabled || !rules.headers || !rules.headers.contentSecurityPolicy || !rules.nonce) {
+    if (
+      !rules.enabled ||
+      !rules.headers ||
+      !rules.headers.contentSecurityPolicy ||
+      !rules.nonce
+    ) {
       return
     }
 
@@ -37,17 +51,17 @@ export default defineNitroPlugin((nitroApp) => {
     type Section = 'body' | 'bodyAppend' | 'bodyPrepend' | 'head'
     const sections = ['body', 'bodyAppend', 'bodyPrepend', 'head'] as Section[]
     for (const section of sections) {
-      html[section] = html[section].map(element => {
+      html[section] = html[section].map((element) => {
         // Add nonce to all link tags
-        element = element.replace(LINK_RE, (match, rest)=>{
+        element = element.replace(LINK_RE, (match, rest) => {
           return `<link nonce="${nonce}"` + rest
         })
         // Add nonce to all script tags
-        element = element.replace(SCRIPT_RE, (match, rest)=>{
+        element = element.replace(SCRIPT_RE, (match, rest) => {
           return `<script nonce="${nonce}"` + rest
         })
         // Add nonce to all style tags
-        element = element.replace(STYLE_RE, (match, rest)=>{
+        element = element.replace(STYLE_RE, (match, rest) => {
           return `<style nonce="${nonce}"` + rest
         })
         return element
diff --git a/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/50-updateCsp.ts b/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/50-updateCsp.ts
index 17cc7aa1..50bd3377 100644
--- a/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/50-updateCsp.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/50-updateCsp.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import type { ContentSecurityPolicyValue } from '../../../types/headers'
  */
 export default defineNitroPlugin((nitroApp) => {
   nitroApp.hooks.hook('render:html', (response, { event }) => {
+    if (response.island) {
+      // When rendering server-only (NuxtIsland) components, do not update CSP headers.
+      // The CSP headers from the page that the island components are mounted into are used.
+      return
+    }
+
     const rules = resolveSecurityRules(event)
     if (rules.enabled && rules.headers) {
       const headers = rules.headers
@@ -31,7 +37,13 @@ function updateCspVariables(csp: ContentSecurityPolicyValue, nonce?: string, scr
     // Make sure nonce placeholders are eliminated
     const sources = (typeof value === 'string') ? value.split(' ').map(token => token.trim()).filter(token => token) : value
     const modifiedSources = sources
-      .filter(source => !source.startsWith("'nonce-") || source === "'nonce-{{nonce}}'")
+      .filter(source => {
+        if (source.startsWith("'nonce-") && source !== "'nonce-{{nonce}}'") {
+          console.warn('[nuxt-security] removing static nonce from CSP header')
+          return false
+        }
+        return true
+      })
       .map(source => {
         if (source === "'nonce-{{nonce}}'") {
           return nonce ? `'nonce-${nonce}'` : ''
diff --git a/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/60-recombineHtml.ts b/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/60-recombineHtml.ts
index a7f4ed01..6cc082a3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/60-recombineHtml.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/nitro/plugins/60-recombineHtml.ts
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ export default defineNitroPlugin((nitroApp) => {
 
       // Let's insert the CSP meta tag just after the first tag which should be the charset meta
       let insertIndex = 0
-      const metaCharsetMatch = html.head[0].match(/^<meta charset="(.*?)">/mdi)
-      if (metaCharsetMatch && metaCharsetMatch.indices) {
-        insertIndex = metaCharsetMatch.indices[0][1]
+      if (html.head.length > 0) {
+        const metaCharsetMatch = html.head[0].match(/^<meta charset="(.*?)">/mdi)
+        if (metaCharsetMatch && metaCharsetMatch.indices) {
+          insertIndex = metaCharsetMatch.indices[0][1]
+        }
+        html.head[0] = html.head[0].slice(0, insertIndex) + `<meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="${headerValue}">` + html.head[0].slice(insertIndex) 
       }
-      html.head[0] = html.head[0].slice(0, insertIndex) + `<meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="${headerValue}">` + html.head[0].slice(insertIndex) 
     }
   })
 })
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/ssrNonce/components/ServerComponent.server.vue b/test/fixtures/ssrNonce/components/ServerComponent.server.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad7324ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/ssrNonce/components/ServerComponent.server.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <h1>Server-only Nuxt-Island component</h1>
+    <p>Nonce: <span id="server-nonce">{{ nonce }}</span></p>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+const nonce = useNonce()
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/ssrNonce/pages/server-component.vue b/test/fixtures/ssrNonce/pages/server-component.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef3098ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/ssrNonce/pages/server-component.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <ServerComponent />
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/ssrNonce.test.ts b/test/ssrNonce.test.ts
index b98b3e9e..1c8d8cd3 100644
--- a/test/ssrNonce.test.ts
+++ b/test/ssrNonce.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe('[nuxt-security] Nonce', async () => {
     const res = await fetch('/')
 
     const cspHeaderValue = res.headers.get('content-security-policy')
-    const nonce = cspHeaderValue?.match(/'nonce-(.*?)'/)![1]
+    const nonce = cspHeaderValue?.match(/'nonce-(.*?)'/)?.[1]
 
     const text = await res.text()
     const nonceMatch = `nonce="${nonce}"`.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('[nuxt-security] Nonce', async () => {
     const res = await fetch('/use-head')
 
     const cspHeaderValue = res.headers.get('content-security-policy')
-    const nonce = cspHeaderValue!.match(/'nonce-(.*?)'/)![1]
+    const nonce = cspHeaderValue!.match(/'nonce-(.*?)'/)?.[1]
 
     const text = await res.text()
     const nonceMatch = `nonce="${nonce}"`.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('[nuxt-security] Nonce', async () => {
     const res = await fetch('/with-styling')
 
     const cspHeaderValue = res.headers.get('content-security-policy')
-    const nonce = cspHeaderValue?.match(/'nonce-(.*?)'/)![1]
+    const nonce = cspHeaderValue?.match(/'nonce-(.*?)'/)?.[1]
 
     const text = await res.text()
     const nonceMatch = `nonce="${nonce}"`.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
@@ -97,4 +97,18 @@ describe('[nuxt-security] Nonce', async () => {
     expect(injectedNonces).toBe(null)
     expect(cspNonces).toBe(null)
   })
+
+  it('works with server-only components', async () => {
+    const res = await fetch('/server-component')
+
+    const cspHeaderValue = res.headers.get('content-security-policy')
+    const nonce = cspHeaderValue?.match(/'nonce-(.*?)'/)?.[1]
+
+    const text = await res.text()
+
+    expect(res).toBeDefined()
+    expect(res).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(nonce).toBeDefined()
+    expect(text).toMatch(`<span id="server-nonce">${nonce}</span>`)
+  })
 })