diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
index b2aa94333db..0a732cade35 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ interface _NuxtApp {
     rendered?: Function
     error?: Error | {
       url: string
-      statusCode: string
+      statusCode: number
       statusMessage: string
       message: string
       description: string
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index ea346c14eff..56ddc607ecc 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -167,8 +167,13 @@ export default defineRenderHandler(async (event) => {
 
   // Whether we're rendering an error page
   const ssrError = event.node.req.url?.startsWith('/__nuxt_error')
-    ? getQuery(event) as Exclude<NuxtApp['payload']['error'], Error>
+    ? getQuery(event) as unknown as Exclude<NuxtApp['payload']['error'], Error>
     : null
+
+  if (ssrError && ssrError.statusCode) {
+    ssrError.statusCode = parseInt(ssrError.statusCode as any)
+  }
+
   if (ssrError && event.node.req.socket.readyState !== 'readOnly' /* direct request */) {
     throw createError('Cannot directly render error page!')
   }
diff --git a/test/bundle.test.ts b/test/bundle.test.ts
index c1f56817157..32684a6bc78 100644
--- a/test/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundle.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows)('minimal nuxt application', () => {
 
   it('default server bundle size', async () => {
     stats.server = await analyzeSizes(['**/*.mjs', '!node_modules'], serverDir)
-    expect(stats.server.totalBytes).toBeLessThan(90000)
+    expect(stats.server.totalBytes).toBeLessThan(90200)
 
     const modules = await analyzeSizes('node_modules/**/*', serverDir)
     expect(modules.totalBytes).toBeLessThan(2700000)