diff --git a/app/composables/npm/useSearch.ts b/app/composables/npm/useSearch.ts
index 14befae275..a95394b67f 100644
--- a/app/composables/npm/useSearch.ts
+++ b/app/composables/npm/useSearch.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ export function useSearch(
       return
     }
 
+    if (asyncData.status.value === 'pending') {
+      await asyncData.refresh({ dedupe: 'defer' })
+    }
+
     if (cache.value && (cache.value.query !== q || cache.value.provider !== provider)) {
       cache.value = null
       await asyncData.refresh()
diff --git a/test/nuxt/composables/use-search.spec.ts b/test/nuxt/composables/use-search.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae92609661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nuxt/composables/use-search.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { mockNuxtImport } from '@nuxt/test-utils/runtime'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { nextTick, ref } from 'vue'
+import type { NpmSearchResponse } from '#shared/types'
+import { useSearch } from '~/composables/npm/useSearch'
+
+const { mockAlgoliaSearch, mockAlgoliaMultiSearch, mockUseAlgoliaSearch, mockUseNpmSearch } =
+  vi.hoisted(() => ({
+    mockAlgoliaSearch: vi.fn(),
+    mockAlgoliaMultiSearch: vi.fn(),
+    mockUseAlgoliaSearch: vi.fn(),
+    mockUseNpmSearch: vi.fn(),
+  }))
+
+mockNuxtImport('useAlgoliaSearch', () => mockUseAlgoliaSearch)
+mockNuxtImport('useNpmSearch', () => mockUseNpmSearch)
+
+describe('useSearch', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+
+    mockUseAlgoliaSearch.mockReturnValue({
+      search: mockAlgoliaSearch,
+      searchWithSuggestions: mockAlgoliaMultiSearch,
+    })
+
+    mockUseNpmSearch.mockReturnValue({
+      search: vi.fn(),
+      checkOrgExists: vi.fn(),
+      checkUserExists: vi.fn(),
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('waits for a pending initial search before loading more results', async () => {
+    const response: NpmSearchResponse = {
+      isStale: false,
+      objects: [
+        {
+          package: {
+            name: 'nuxt',
+            version: '4.0.0',
+            date: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+            links: {},
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      total: 1,
+      time: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+    }
+
+    const searchResult = {
+      search: response,
+      orgExists: false,
+      userExists: false,
+      packageExists: true,
+    }
+
+    let resolveInitialSearch!: (value: typeof searchResult) => void
+
+    mockAlgoliaMultiSearch
+      .mockImplementationOnce(
+        () =>
+          new Promise(resolve => {
+            resolveInitialSearch = resolve
+          }),
+      )
+      .mockResolvedValue(searchResult)
+
+    mockAlgoliaSearch.mockResolvedValue(response)
+
+    const size = ref(25)
+    const result = useSearch(ref('nuxt'), ref('algolia'), () => ({ size: size.value }), {
+      suggestions: true,
+    })
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockAlgoliaMultiSearch).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    size.value = 50
+    await nextTick()
+
+    resolveInitialSearch(searchResult)
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.data.value?.objects.map(item => item.package.name)).toEqual(['nuxt'])
+    })
+  })
+})