diff --git a/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts b/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts
index f8e3a8896e30..54fd650df897 100644
--- a/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts
+++ b/scopes/lanes/merge-lanes/merge-lanes.main.runtime.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ import ScopeComponentsImporter from '@teambit/legacy/dist/scope/component-ops/sc
 import { ComponentID } from '@teambit/component-id';
 import { DEFAULT_LANE, LaneId } from '@teambit/lane-id';
 import { Lane, Version } from '@teambit/legacy/dist/scope/models';
+import { getRefsFromExtensions } from '@teambit/legacy/dist/consumer/component/sources/artifact-files';
 import { Logger, LoggerAspect, LoggerMain } from '@teambit/logger';
 import { SnapsDistance } from '@teambit/legacy/dist/scope/component-ops/snaps-distance';
 import { RemoveAspect, RemoveMain } from '@teambit/remove';
-import { compact } from 'lodash';
+import { compact, uniq } from 'lodash';
 import { ExportAspect, ExportMain } from '@teambit/export';
 import { BitObject } from '@teambit/legacy/dist/scope/objects';
 import { getDivergeData } from '@teambit/legacy/dist/scope/component-ops/get-diverge-data';
@@ -107,7 +108,19 @@ export class MergeLanesMain {
       const shouldFetch = !lane || (!skipFetch && !lane.isNew);
       if (shouldFetch) {
         // don't assign `lane` to the result of this command. otherwise, if you have local snaps, it'll ignore them and use the remote-lane.
-        await this.lanes.fetchLaneWithItsComponents(otherLaneId);
+        const otherLane = await this.lanes.fetchLaneWithItsComponents(otherLaneId);
+
+        // get all artifacts
+        const allIds = otherLane.toBitIds();
+        const laneComps = await consumer.scope.getManyConsumerComponents(allIds);
+        const allRefs = laneComps.map((comp) => getRefsFromExtensions(comp.extensions)).flat();
+        const allRefsUniq = uniq(allRefs.map((r) => r.toString()));
+        try {
+          await consumer.scope.scopeImporter.importManyObjects({ [otherLaneId.scope]: allRefsUniq });
+        } catch (err) {
+          this.logger.error(`failed fetching artifacts for lane ${otherLaneId.toString()}`, err);
+        }
+
         lane = await consumer.scope.loadLane(otherLaneId);
       }
       return lane;
diff --git a/src/scope/component-ops/scope-components-importer.ts b/src/scope/component-ops/scope-components-importer.ts
index 7d385e9d3a81..eaa952fac147 100644
--- a/src/scope/component-ops/scope-components-importer.ts
+++ b/src/scope/component-ops/scope-components-importer.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export default class ScopeComponentsImporter {
 
   /**
    * an efficient way to verify that all history exists locally.
-   * instead of all versions objects, load only the VersionHistory, get the graph from head, then only check whether
+   * instead of loading all versions objects, load only the VersionHistory, get the graph from head, then only check whether
    * the objects exist in the filesystem.
    */
   private async importMissingHistoryOne(id: BitId) {