diff --git a/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/constants.py b/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/constants.py
index d889497271..a39b64bc74 100644
--- a/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/constants.py
+++ b/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/constants.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 PROCESSING_STEP_DATASET_SIZE_VERSION = 2
 PROCESSING_STEP_DATASET_SPLIT_NAMES_FROM_DATASET_INFO_VERSION = 2
 PROCESSING_STEP_DATASET_SPLIT_NAMES_FROM_STREAMING_VERSION = 2
-PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_VERSION = 1
+PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_VERSION = 2
 PROCESSING_STEP_SPLIT_FIRST_ROWS_FROM_PARQUET_VERSION = 2
 PROCESSING_STEP_CONFIG_PARQUET_AND_INFO_VERSION = 2
 PROCESSING_STEP_SPLIT_FIRST_ROWS_FROM_STREAMING_VERSION = 3
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@
 PROCESSING_STEP_SPLIT_NAMES_FROM_STREAMING_VERSION = 3
 PROCESSING_STEP_DATASET_SPLIT_NAMES_VERSION = 2
 
+PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_FOR_AUDIO_DATASETS = 100
+PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_FOR_IMAGE_DATASETS = 100
 PARQUET_REVISION = "refs/convert/parquet"
diff --git a/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/parquet_and_dataset_info.py b/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/parquet_and_dataset_info.py
index 6702deffd1..59ab32731f 100644
--- a/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/parquet_and_dataset_info.py
+++ b/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/parquet_and_dataset_info.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import datasets
 import datasets.config
+import datasets.info
 import numpy as np
 import requests
 from datasets import (
@@ -39,7 +40,11 @@
 )
 from huggingface_hub.hf_api import DatasetInfo, HfApi, RepoFile
 from huggingface_hub.utils._errors import RepositoryNotFoundError, RevisionNotFoundError
-from libcommon.constants import PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_VERSION
+from libcommon.constants import (
+    PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_FOR_AUDIO_DATASETS,
+    PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_FOR_IMAGE_DATASETS,
+    PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_VERSION,
+)
 from libcommon.dataset import DatasetNotFoundError, ask_access
 from libcommon.processing_graph import ProcessingStep
 from libcommon.queue import JobInfo
@@ -634,6 +639,30 @@ def raise_if_too_big_from_external_data_files(
                 ) from error
 
 
+def get_writer_batch_size(ds_config_info: datasets.info.DatasetInfo) -> Optional[int]:
+    """
+    Get the writer_batch_size that defines the maximum row group size in the parquet files.
+    The default in `datasets` is 1,000 but we lower it to 100 for image datasets.
+    This allows to optimize random access to parquet file, since accessing 1 row requires
+    to read its entire row group.
+
+    Args:
+        ds_config_info (`datasets.info.DatasetInfo`):
+            Dataset info from `datasets`.
+
+    Returns:
+        writer_batch_size (`Optional[int]`):
+            Writer batch size to pass to a dataset builder.
+            If `None`, then it will use the `datasets` default.
+    """
+    if "Audio(" in str(ds_config_info.features):
+        return PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_FOR_AUDIO_DATASETS
+    elif "Image(" in str(ds_config_info.features):
+        return PROCESSING_STEP_PARQUET_AND_DATASET_INFO_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_FOR_IMAGE_DATASETS
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
 def compute_parquet_and_dataset_info_response(
     dataset: str,
     hf_endpoint: str,
@@ -766,6 +795,11 @@ def compute_parquet_and_dataset_info_response(
             use_auth_token=hf_token,
             download_config=download_config,
         )
+        writer_batch_size = get_writer_batch_size(builder.info)
+        if writer_batch_size is not None and (
+            builder._writer_batch_size is None or builder._writer_batch_size > writer_batch_size
+        ):
+            builder._writer_batch_size = writer_batch_size
         raise_if_too_big_from_external_data_files(
             builder=builder,
             max_dataset_size=max_dataset_size,
diff --git a/services/worker/tests/job_runners/test_parquet_and_dataset_info.py b/services/worker/tests/job_runners/test_parquet_and_dataset_info.py
index 931ea63b67..bb126a392e 100644
--- a/services/worker/tests/job_runners/test_parquet_and_dataset_info.py
+++ b/services/worker/tests/job_runners/test_parquet_and_dataset_info.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, Iterator, List, Optional
 
 import datasets.builder
+import datasets.info
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 import requests
+from datasets import Features, Image, Value
 from libcommon.exceptions import CustomError
 from libcommon.processing_graph import ProcessingStep
 from libcommon.queue import Priority
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@
     DatasetWithTooManyExternalFilesError,
     ParquetAndDatasetInfoJobRunner,
     get_dataset_info_or_raise,
+    get_writer_batch_size,
     parse_repo_filename,
     raise_if_blocked,
     raise_if_not_supported,
@@ -487,3 +490,16 @@ def test_parse_repo_filename(filename: str, split: str, config: str, raises: boo
             parse_repo_filename(filename)
     else:
         assert parse_repo_filename(filename) == (config, split)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ds_info, with_image",
+    [
+        (datasets.info.DatasetInfo(), False),
+        (datasets.info.DatasetInfo(features=Features({"text": Value("string")})), False),
+        (datasets.info.DatasetInfo(features=Features({"image": Image()})), True),
+        (datasets.info.DatasetInfo(features=Features({"nested": [{"image": Image()}]})), True),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_writer_batch_size(ds_info: datasets.info.DatasetInfo, with_image: bool) -> None:
+    assert get_writer_batch_size(ds_info) == (100 if with_image else None)