diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageBody.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageBody.tsx
index 6f1e8bfca9..4072c7234e 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageBody.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageBody.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { PageCover } from './PageCover';
 import { PageFooterNavigation } from './PageFooterNavigation';
 import { PageHeader } from './PageHeader';
 import { PreservePageLayout } from './PreservePageLayout';
+import { hasVisibleCover } from './coverHeight';
 
 const LINK_PREVIEW_MAX_COUNT = 100;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export function PageBody(props: {
     const { customization } = context;
 
     const contentFullWidth = document ? hasFullWidthBlock(document) : false;
+    const visibleCover = hasVisibleCover(page.cover);
 
     // Render link previews only if there are less than LINK_PREVIEW_MAX_COUNT links in the document.
     const withLinkPreviews = document
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ export function PageBody(props: {
                 )}
             >
                 <PreservePageLayout siteWidthWide={siteWidthWide} />
-                {page.cover && page.layout.cover && page.layout.coverSize === 'hero' ? (
+                {visibleCover && page.layout.cover && page.layout.coverSize === 'hero' ? (
                     <PageCover as="hero" page={page} cover={page.cover} context={context} />
                 ) : null}
 
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCover.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCover.tsx
index 0623310519..8a547103c5 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCover.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCover.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { tcls } from '@/lib/tailwind';
 
 import { assert } from 'ts-essentials';
 import { PageCoverImage } from './PageCoverImage';
+import { getCoverHeight } from './coverHeight';
 import defaultPageCoverSVG from './default-page-cover.svg';
 
 const defaultPageCover = defaultPageCoverSVG as StaticImageData;
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ export async function PageCover(props: {
     context: GitBookSiteContext;
 }) {
     const { as, page, cover, context } = props;
+    const height = getCoverHeight(cover);
+
+    if (height <= 0) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     const [resolved, resolvedDark] = await Promise.all([
         cover.ref ? resolveContentRef(cover.ref, context) : null,
         cover.refDark ? resolveContentRef(cover.refDark, context) : null,
@@ -78,8 +85,10 @@ export async function PageCover(props: {
         <div
             id="page-cover"
             data-full={String(as === 'full')}
+            style={{ height: `${height}px` }}
             className={tcls(
                 'overflow-hidden',
+                'shrink-0',
                 // Negative margin to balance the container padding
                 '-mx-4',
                 as === 'full'
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCoverImage.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCoverImage.tsx
index 64fb3b3464..3d95d4e4fd 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCoverImage.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/PageCoverImage.tsx
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ export function PageCoverImage({ imgs, y }: { imgs: Images; y: number }) {
                 sizes={imgs.light.sizes}
                 fetchPriority="high"
                 alt="Page cover"
-                className={tcls('w-full', 'object-cover', imgs.dark ? 'dark:hidden' : '')}
+                className={tcls('h-full', 'w-full', 'object-cover', imgs.dark ? 'dark:hidden' : '')}
                 style={{
-                    aspectRatio: `${PAGE_COVER_SIZE.width}/${PAGE_COVER_SIZE.height}`,
                     objectPosition: `50% ${getTop(container, y, imgs.light)}`,
                 }}
             />
@@ -61,9 +60,8 @@ export function PageCoverImage({ imgs, y }: { imgs: Images; y: number }) {
                     sizes={imgs.dark.sizes}
                     fetchPriority="low"
                     alt="Page cover"
-                    className={tcls('w-full', 'object-cover', 'dark:inline', 'hidden')}
+                    className={tcls('h-full', 'w-full', 'object-cover', 'dark:inline', 'hidden')}
                     style={{
-                        aspectRatio: `${PAGE_COVER_SIZE.width}/${PAGE_COVER_SIZE.height}`,
                         objectPosition: `50% ${getTop(container, y, imgs.dark)}`,
                     }}
                 />
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/coverHeight.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/coverHeight.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76ca3d7456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/PageBody/coverHeight.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import type { RevisionPageDocumentCover } from '@gitbook/api';
+
+export const DEFAULT_COVER_HEIGHT = 240;
+export const MIN_COVER_HEIGHT = 10;
+export const MAX_COVER_HEIGHT = 700;
+
+type CoverWithHeight = RevisionPageDocumentCover & { height?: number | null };
+
+export function clampCoverHeight(value: number): number {
+    return Math.min(MAX_COVER_HEIGHT, Math.max(MIN_COVER_HEIGHT, value));
+}
+
+export function normalizeCoverHeight(height: number | null | undefined): number {
+    if (typeof height !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(height)) {
+        return DEFAULT_COVER_HEIGHT;
+    }
+
+    return clampCoverHeight(height);
+}
+
+export function getCoverHeight(cover: RevisionPageDocumentCover | null | undefined): number {
+    if (!cover) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return normalizeCoverHeight((cover as CoverWithHeight).height);
+}
+
+export function hasVisibleCover(cover: RevisionPageDocumentCover | null | undefined): boolean {
+    return getCoverHeight(cover) > 0;
+}
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx
index 4f0643ceec..74c2cc3d64 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { PageAside } from '@/components/PageAside';
 import { PageBody, PageCover } from '@/components/PageBody';
+import { hasVisibleCover } from '@/components/PageBody/coverHeight';
 import { getPagePath } from '@/lib/pages';
 import { isPageIndexable, isSiteIndexable } from '@/lib/seo';
 
@@ -169,10 +170,9 @@ export async function getSitePageData(props: SitePageProps) {
     const { page, ancestors } = pageTarget;
 
     const withTopHeader = customization.header.preset !== CustomizationHeaderPreset.None;
-    const withFullPageCover = !!(
-        page.cover &&
-        page.layout.cover &&
-        page.layout.coverSize === 'full'
+    const visibleCover = hasVisibleCover(page.cover);
+    const withFullPageCover = Boolean(
+        visibleCover && page.layout.cover && page.layout.coverSize === 'full'
     );
     const withPageFeedback = customization.feedback.enabled;