diff --git a/docs/3.api/1.components/8.nuxt-island.md b/docs/3.api/1.components/8.nuxt-island.md
index f592ab7d6b..35ff08d2c6 100644
--- a/docs/3.api/1.components/8.nuxt-island.md
+++ b/docs/3.api/1.components/8.nuxt-island.md
@@ -50,3 +50,9 @@ Every slot is interactive since the parent component is the one providing it.
 Some slots are reserved to `NuxtIsland` for special cases.
 
 - `#fallback`: Specify the content to be rendered before the island loads (if the component is lazy) or if `NuxtIsland` fails to fetch the component.
+
+## Ref
+
+- `refresh()`
+  - **type**: `() => Promise<void>`
+  - **description**: force refetch the server component by refetching it.
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts
index 40162a15e3..994f453a45 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       default: () => undefined
     }
   },
-  async setup (props, { slots }) {
+  async setup (props, { slots, expose }) {
     const error = ref<unknown>(null)
     const config = useRuntimeConfig()
     const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
       }
     }
 
+    expose({
+      refresh: () => fetchComponent(true)
+    })
+
     if (import.meta.hot) {
       import.meta.hot.on(`nuxt-server-component:${props.name}`, () => {
         fetchComponent(true)
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts
index 88b8ece949..3a2463b09d 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { defineComponent, h, ref } from 'vue'
 import NuxtIsland from '#app/components/nuxt-island'
 
 /*@__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__*/
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@ export const createServerComponent = (name: string) => {
     name,
     inheritAttrs: false,
     props: { lazy: Boolean },
-    setup (props, { attrs, slots }) {
+    setup (props, { attrs, slots, expose }) {
+      const islandRef = ref<null | typeof NuxtIsland>(null)
+
+      expose({
+        refresh: () => islandRef.value?.refresh()
+      })
+
       return () => {
         return h(NuxtIsland, {
           name,
           lazy: props.lazy,
-          props: attrs
+          props: attrs,
+          ref: islandRef
         }, slots)
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/nuxt/nuxt-island.test.ts b/test/nuxt/nuxt-island.test.ts
index 858cf9039d..437e3fc77e 100644
--- a/test/nuxt/nuxt-island.test.ts
+++ b/test/nuxt/nuxt-island.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { h } from 'vue'
+import { h, nextTick } from 'vue'
 import { mountSuspended } from '@nuxt/test-utils/runtime'
 import { createServerComponent } from '../../packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component'
 import { createSimpleRemoteIslandProvider } from '../fixtures/remote-provider'
@@ -65,4 +65,35 @@ describe('runtime server component', () => {
 
     await server.close()
   })
+
+  it('force refresh', async () => {
+    let count = 0
+    const stubFetch = vi.fn(() => {
+      count++
+      return {
+        id: '123',
+        html: `<div>${count}</div>`,
+        state: {},
+        head: {
+          link: [],
+          style: []
+        },
+        json() {
+          return this
+        }
+      }
+    })
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', stubFetch)
+
+    const component = await mountSuspended(createServerComponent('dummyName'))
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    expect(component.html()).toBe('<div>1</div>')
+
+    await component.vm.$.exposed!.refresh()
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(component.html()).toBe('<div>2</div>')
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockRestore()
+  })
 })