diff --git a/src/presets/vercel/utils.ts b/src/presets/vercel/utils.ts
index 4f6d3158e3..c1098d3ebd 100644
--- a/src/presets/vercel/utils.ts
+++ b/src/presets/vercel/utils.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { writeFile } from "../_utils/fs.ts";
 import type { Nitro, NitroRouteRules, ProxyRuleOptions } from "nitro/types";
 import { basename, dirname, relative, resolve } from "pathe";
 import { Router } from "../../routing.ts";
+import { escapeRegExp } from "../../utils/regex.ts";
 import { joinURL, withLeadingSlash, withoutLeadingSlash } from "ufo";
 import type {
   PrerenderFunctionConfig,
@@ -223,6 +224,11 @@ function generateBuildConfig(nitro: Nitro, o11Routes?: ObservabilityRoute[]) {
       .map(([path]) => path)
   );
 
+  const publicAssetRouteSources = nitro.options.publicAssets
+    .filter((asset) => !asset.fallthrough)
+    .map((asset) => joinURL(nitro.options.baseURL, asset.baseURL || "/"))
+    .map((baseURL) => joinURL(escapeRegExp(baseURL), "(.*)"));
+
   const config = defu(nitro.options.vercel?.config, {
     version: 3,
     framework: {
@@ -301,17 +307,22 @@ function generateBuildConfig(nitro: Nitro, o11Routes?: ObservabilityRoute[]) {
           ]
         : []),
       // Public asset rules
-      ...nitro.options.publicAssets
-        .filter((asset) => !asset.fallthrough)
-        .map((asset) => joinURL(nitro.options.baseURL, asset.baseURL || "/"))
-        .map((baseURL) => ({
-          src: baseURL + "(.*)",
-          headers: {
-            "cache-control": "public,max-age=31536000,immutable",
-          },
-          continue: true,
-        })),
+      ...publicAssetRouteSources.map((src) => ({
+        src,
+        headers: {
+          "cache-control": "public,max-age=31536000,immutable",
+        },
+        continue: true,
+      })),
       { handle: "filesystem" },
+      ...publicAssetRouteSources.map((src) => ({
+        src,
+        status: 404,
+        headers: {
+          "cache-control": "no-store",
+        },
+        continue: false,
+      })),
     ],
   } as VercelBuildConfigV3);
 
diff --git a/test/presets/vercel.test.ts b/test/presets/vercel.test.ts
index ae4d31e71a..d3fab8aa8b 100644
--- a/test/presets/vercel.test.ts
+++ b/test/presets/vercel.test.ts
@@ -167,11 +167,19 @@ describe("nitro:preset:vercel:web", async () => {
                 "headers": {
                   "cache-control": "public,max-age=31536000,immutable",
                 },
-                "src": "/build(.*)",
+                "src": "/build/(.*)",
               },
               {
                 "handle": "filesystem",
               },
+              {
+                "continue": false,
+                "headers": {
+                  "cache-control": "no-store",
+                },
+                "src": "/build/(.*)",
+                "status": 404,
+              },
               {
                 "dest": "/rules/_/noncached/cached-isr?__isr_route=$__isr_route",
                 "src": "(?<__isr_route>/rules/_/noncached/cached)",
@@ -454,6 +462,24 @@ describe("nitro:preset:vercel:web", async () => {
         `);
       });
 
+      it("should not cache missing immutable public assets", async () => {
+        const config = await fsp
+          .readFile(resolve(ctx.outDir, "config.json"), "utf8")
+          .then((r) => JSON.parse(r));
+        const filesystemIndex = config.routes.findIndex(
+          (route: { handle?: string }) => route.handle === "filesystem"
+        );
+
+        expect(config.routes[filesystemIndex + 1]).toEqual({
+          src: "/build/(.*)",
+          status: 404,
+          headers: {
+            "cache-control": "no-store",
+          },
+          continue: false,
+        });
+      });
+
       it("should generate prerender config", async () => {
         const isrRouteConfig = await fsp.readFile(
           resolve(ctx.outDir, "functions/rules/isr/[...]-isr.prerender-config.json"),