diff --git a/.changeset/fifty-socks-end.md b/.changeset/fifty-socks-end.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5afb9524f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fifty-socks-end.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Only escape the script tag ETAGO delimiter and opening HTML comment syntax in server islands to reduce encoding work.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts
index 52b6b006e1..f8a084d928 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,19 @@ export function containsServerDirective(props: Record<string | number, any>) {
 	return 'server:component-directive' in props;
 }
 
+const scriptRegex = /<\/script/giu;
+const commentRegex = /<!--/gu;
+const scriptReplacer = '<\\/script';
+const commentReplacer = '\\u003C!--';
+
+/**
+ * Encodes the script end-tag open (ETAGO) delimiter and opening HTML comment syntax for JSON inside a `<script>` tag.
+ * @see https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/etago
+ */
 function safeJsonStringify(obj: any) {
 	return JSON.stringify(obj)
-		.replace(/\u2028/g, '\\u2028')
-		.replace(/\u2029/g, '\\u2029')
-		.replace(/</g, '\\u003c')
-		.replace(/>/g, '\\u003e')
-		.replace(/\//g, '\\u002f');
+		.replace(scriptRegex, scriptReplacer)
+		.replace(commentRegex, commentReplacer);
 }
 
 export function renderServerIsland(