diff --git a/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d58806694..8dabe54b33 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # svelte
 
+## 5.42.3
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- fix: handle `<svelte:head>` rendered asynchronously ([#17052](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/17052))
+
+- fix: don't restore batch in `#await` ([#17051](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/17051))
+
 ## 5.42.2
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/svelte/package.json b/packages/svelte/package.json
index 9fb7189d07..1ee6c50121 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/package.json
+++ b/packages/svelte/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "svelte",
   "description": "Cybernetically enhanced web apps",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "version": "5.42.2",
+  "version": "5.42.3",
   "type": "module",
   "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js
index bac01e4c33..87d64df23e 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { queue_micro_task } from '../task.js';
 import { HYDRATION_START_ELSE, UNINITIALIZED } from '../../../../constants.js';
 import { is_runes } from '../../context.js';
-import { flushSync, is_flushing_sync } from '../../reactivity/batch.js';
+import { Batch, flushSync, is_flushing_sync } from '../../reactivity/batch.js';
 import { BranchManager } from './branches.js';
 import { capture, unset_context } from '../../reactivity/async.js';
 
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ export function await_block(node, get_input, pending_fn, then_fn, catch_fn) {
 				if (destroyed) return;
 
 				resolved = true;
-				restore();
+				// We don't want to restore the previous batch here; {#await} blocks don't follow the async logic
+				// we have elsewhere, instead pending/resolve/fail states are each their own batch so to speak.
+				restore(false);
+				// Make sure we have a batch, since the branch manager expects one to exist
+				Batch.ensure();
 
 				if (hydrating) {
 					// `restore()` could set `hydrating` to `true`, which we very much
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js
index 75a71c31d9..47a3504668 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import {
 	set_hydrating,
 	skip_nodes
 } from '../dom/hydration.js';
-import { noop } from '../../shared/utils.js';
 
 /**
  * @param {Array<Promise<void>>} blockers
@@ -119,11 +118,11 @@ export function capture() {
 		var previous_dev_stack = dev_stack;
 	}
 
-	return function restore() {
+	return function restore(activate_batch = true) {
 		set_active_effect(previous_effect);
 		set_active_reaction(previous_reaction);
 		set_component_context(previous_component_context);
-		previous_batch?.activate();
+		if (activate_batch) previous_batch?.activate();
 
 		if (was_hydrating) {
 			set_hydrating(true);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/version.js b/packages/svelte/src/version.js
index 605e1d9cdc..999aacc998 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/version.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/version.js
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
  * The current version, as set in package.json.
  * @type {string}
  */
-export const VERSION = '5.42.2';
+export const VERSION = '5.42.3';
 export const PUBLIC_VERSION = '5';