diff --git a/packages/live-preview/src/mergeData.ts b/packages/live-preview/src/mergeData.ts
index 60f497fb209..6bf15503fb2 100644
--- a/packages/live-preview/src/mergeData.ts
+++ b/packages/live-preview/src/mergeData.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export const mergeData = async <T extends Record<string, any>>(args: {
         res = await requestHandler({
           apiPath: apiRoute || '/api',
           endpoint: encodeURI(
-            `${collection}?depth=${depth}&where[id][in]=${Array.from(ids).join(',')}${locale ? `&locale=${locale}` : ''}`,
+            `${collection}?depth=${depth}&limit=${ids.size}&where[id][in]=${Array.from(ids).join(',')}${locale ? `&locale=${locale}` : ''}`,
           ),
           serverURL,
         }).then((res) => res.json())
diff --git a/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts b/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts
index 3fa1d915459..2687b8c7348 100644
--- a/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/live-preview/int.spec.ts
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ describe('Collections - Live Preview', () => {
     // Verify that the request was made to the properly encoded URL
     // Without encodeURI wrapper the request URL - would receive string: "undefined/api/posts?depth=1&where[id][in]=66ba7ab6a60a945d10c8b976,66ba7ab6a60a945d10c8b979
     expect(capturedEndpoint).toContain(
-      encodeURI(`posts?depth=1&where[id][in]=${testPost.id},${testPostTwo.id}`),
+      encodeURI(`posts?depth=1&limit=2&where[id][in]=${testPost.id},${testPostTwo.id}`),
     )
   })
 })