diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-tips-play.md b/.changeset/sixty-tips-play.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31ebef4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-tips-play.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Replaces the instance of `setTimeout()` in the runtime to use `queueMicrotask()`, to resolve limitations on Cloudflare Workers.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/util.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/util.ts
index 1f0aae047..182700976 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/util.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/util.ts
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ export function bufferIterators<T>(iterators: AsyncIterable<T>[]): AsyncIterable
 	const eagerIterators = iterators.map((it) => new EagerAsyncIterableIterator(it));
 	// once the execution of the next for loop is suspended due to an async component,
 	// this timeout triggers and we start buffering the other iterators
-	setTimeout(() => {
+	queueMicrotask(() => {
 		// buffer all iterators that haven't started yet
 		eagerIterators.forEach((it) => !it.isStarted() && it.buffer());
-	}, 0);
+	});
 	return eagerIterators;
 }