diff --git a/.changes/asset-protocol-head-empty-body.md b/.changes/asset-protocol-head-empty-body.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2631c02098a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/asset-protocol-head-empty-body.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:bug
+---
+
+Respond with empty body for `HEAD` requests to `asset` protocol
diff --git a/crates/tauri/src/protocol/asset.rs b/crates/tauri/src/protocol/asset.rs
index 961a7221c5e4..b46bd69d9dc6 100644
--- a/crates/tauri/src/protocol/asset.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri/src/protocol/asset.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ fn get_response(
       })?;
       resp.body(buf.into())
     }
+  } else if request.method() == http::Method::HEAD {
+    // if the HEAD method is used, we should not return a body
+    resp = resp.header(CONTENT_LENGTH, len);
+    resp.body(Vec::new().into())
   } else {
     // avoid reading the file if we already read it
     // as part of mime type detection