diff --git a/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-merge-section-tags.ts b/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-merge-section-tags.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0bba9eb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-merge-section-tags.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { setResponseHeader, getResponseHeaders } from 'h3'
+
+// Merge two section cache tags string and deduplicate tag
+// Return a string of merged tags
+const mergeTags = (existingTags: string, newTags: string): string => {
+  const tags1 = existingTags.split(' ')
+  const tags2 = newTags.split(' ')
+  const tags = [...new Set([...tags1, ...tags2])]
+  return tags.join(' ')
+}
+
+export const useMergeSectionTags = async (
+  sectionCacheTags: any
+): Promise<void> => {
+  const event = useRequestEvent()
+  // Section.io cache tags must be set on the response header to invalidate the cache after a change in drupal
+  if (sectionCacheTags) {
+    const currentResponseHeaders = getResponseHeaders(event)
+
+    const currentSectionTags: string =
+      currentResponseHeaders && currentResponseHeaders['section-cache-tags']
+        ? (currentResponseHeaders['section-cache-tags'] as string)
+        : ('' as string)
+
+    setResponseHeader(
+      event,
+      'section-cache-tags',
+      mergeTags(currentSectionTags, sectionCacheTags)
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+export default useMergeSectionTags
diff --git a/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-page.ts b/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-page.ts
index 25a679149d..6e08354e1f 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-page.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-page.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import type { TidePageBase } from './../types'
-import { appendResponseHeader } from 'h3'
 import { useCookie, isPreviewPath, AuthCookieNames } from '#imports'
 
 const isCacheTimeExpired = (date: number, expiryInMinutes = 5) => {
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ export const useTidePage = async (
 ): Promise<TidePageBase> => {
   const route = useRoute()
   const path = slug || route.path
-  const event = useRequestEvent()
   const { public: config } = useRuntimeConfig()
   const siteId = site || config.tide?.site
 
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ export const useTidePage = async (
 
     // Section.io cache tags must be set on the response header to invalidate the cache after a change in drupal
     if (sectionCacheTags) {
-      appendResponseHeader(event, 'section-cache-tags', sectionCacheTags)
+      useMergeSectionTags(sectionCacheTags)
     }
 
     if (error && error.value?.statusCode) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-site.ts b/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-site.ts
index a2ee9fb0cb..af93e8becb 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-site.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt-ripple/composables/use-tide-site.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ export const useTideSite = async (id?: number): Promise<TideSiteData> => {
   const { public: config } = useRuntimeConfig()
   const siteId = id || config.tide?.site
   const { data: siteData } = useNuxtData(`site-${siteId}`)
+
+  let sectionCacheTags
+
   if (!siteData.value) {
     const { data, error } = await useFetch('/api/tide/site', {
       key: `site-${siteId}`,
       baseURL: config.apiUrl || '',
       params: {
         id: siteId
+      },
+      async onResponse({ response }) {
+        sectionCacheTags = response.headers.get('section-cache-tags')
       }
     })
     if (error && error.value?.statusCode) {
@@ -17,6 +23,12 @@ export const useTideSite = async (id?: number): Promise<TideSiteData> => {
       console.log('API error fetching site data')
       useTideError(500)
     }
+
+    // Section.io cache tags must be set on the response header to invalidate the cache after a change in drupal
+    if (sectionCacheTags) {
+      useMergeSectionTags(sectionCacheTags)
+    }
+
     return data.value
   }
   return siteData.value
diff --git a/packages/nuxt-ripple/server/api/tide/site.ts b/packages/nuxt-ripple/server/api/tide/site.ts
index b8cb9d6857..4140319f99 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-ripple/server/api/tide/site.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt-ripple/server/api/tide/site.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ export const createSiteHandler = async (
       throw new BadRequestError('Site id is required')
     }
 
-    return await tideSiteApi.getSiteData(query.id)
+    const siteResponse = await tideSiteApi.getSiteData(query.id)
+
+    // Need to pass on the section cache tags to the nuxt app
+    setResponseHeader(
+      event,
+      'section-cache-tags',
+      siteResponse.headers['section-cache-tags']
+    )
+
+    return siteResponse.data
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/services/tide-site.ts b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/services/tide-site.ts
index 840bea507a..27b324cd0e 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/services/tide-site.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/services/tide-site.ts
@@ -38,16 +38,22 @@ export default class TideSite extends TideApiBase {
       }
     }
     try {
-      const { data: response } = await this.get(`/taxonomy_term/sites`, {
-        params
-      })
+      const { data: response, headers } = await this.get(
+        `/taxonomy_term/sites`,
+        {
+          params
+        }
+      )
       if (response && response.data.length > 0) {
         const resource = jsonapiParse.parse(response).data[0]
         const siteData = await this.getMappedData(
           this.siteMapping.mapping,
           resource
         )
-        return siteData
+        return {
+          data: siteData,
+          headers
+        }
       }
     } catch (error: any) {
       throw new ApplicationError('Error fetching site data', { cause: error })