diff --git a/.changeset/lucky-mirrors-type.md b/.changeset/lucky-mirrors-type.md
index 318e019efdfbd..1483b018b244c 100644
--- a/.changeset/lucky-mirrors-type.md
+++ b/.changeset/lucky-mirrors-type.md
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
 `<Image />` and `<Picture />` now support using images in the `/public` directory :tada:
 
+- Updates `<Image />` to support strings for `width` and `height` to match `<img>`'s HTML syntax
 - Moving handling of local image files into the Vite plugin
 - Optimized image files are now built to `/dist` with hashes provided by Vite, removing the need for a `/dist/_image` directory
-- Removes three npm dependencies: `etag`, `slash`, and `tiny-glob`
-- Replaces `mrmime` with the `mime` package already used by Astro's SSR server
-- Simplifies the injected `_image` route to work for both `dev` and `build`
+- Simplifies the injected `_image` route used for optimizing images on-demand
 - Adds a new test suite for using images with `@astrojs/mdx` - including optimizing images straight from `/public`
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/components/Image.astro b/packages/integrations/image/components/Image.astro
index 20efe6ee09b33..b43415307621a 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/components/Image.astro
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/components/Image.astro
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ interface LocalImageProps
 interface RemoteImageProps extends TransformOptions, astroHTML.JSX.ImgHTMLAttributes {
 	src: string;
 	format: OutputFormat;
-	width: number;
-	height: number;
 }
 
 export type Props = LocalImageProps | RemoteImageProps;
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts
index 34f39f144d959..f1d303b62eefe 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,33 @@ export interface GetImageTransform extends Omit<TransformOptions, 'src'> {
 	src: string | ImageMetadata | Promise<{ default: ImageMetadata }>;
 }
 
+function parseDimension(value: number | string | undefined, name: string, required = false) {
+	if (typeof value === 'number') {
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	try {
+		// @ts-ignore
+		return parseInt(value);
+	} catch {
+		if (required) {
+			throw new Error(`"${name}" must be a number or string, received "${value}" (${typeof value})`);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return undefined;
+}
+
 function resolveSize(transform: TransformOptions): TransformOptions {
 	// keep width & height as provided
 	if (transform.width && transform.height) {
 		return transform;
 	}
 
-	if (!transform.width && !transform.height) {
+	const width = parseDimension(transform.width, 'width', true);
+	const height = parseDimension(transform.height, 'height', true);
+
+	if (!width && !height) {
 		throw new Error(`"width" and "height" cannot both be undefined`);
 	}
 
@@ -39,15 +59,15 @@ function resolveSize(transform: TransformOptions): TransformOptions {
 		// only width was provided, calculate height
 		return {
 			...transform,
-			width: transform.width,
-			height: Math.round(transform.width / aspectRatio),
+			width,
+			height: Math.round(width! / aspectRatio),
 		} as TransformOptions;
 	} else if (transform.height) {
 		// only height was provided, calculate width
 		return {
 			...transform,
-			width: Math.round(transform.height * aspectRatio),
-			height: transform.height,
+			width: Math.round(height! * aspectRatio),
+			height,
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -63,7 +83,11 @@ async function resolveTransform(input: GetImageTransform): Promise<TransformOpti
 	// resolve the metadata promise, usually when the ESM import is inlined
 	const metadata = 'then' in input.src ? (await input.src).default : input.src;
 
-	let { width, height, aspectRatio, format = metadata.format, ...rest } = input;
+	let { aspectRatio, format = metadata.format, ...rest } = input;
+
+	// width and height are optional here since metadata is available
+	let width = parseDimension(input.width, 'width', false);
+	let height = parseDimension(input.height, 'height', false);
 
 	if (!width && !height) {
 		// neither dimension was provided, use the file metadata
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts
index 58a9924a89136..79b5fd1067334 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/index.ts
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
 	 * The desired width of the output image. Combine with `height` to crop the image
 	 * to an exact size, or `aspectRatio` to automatically calculate and crop the height.
 	 */
-	width?: number;
+	width?: number | string;
 	/**
 	 * The desired height of the output image. Combine with `height` to crop the image
 	 * to an exact size, or `aspectRatio` to automatically calculate and crop the width.
 	 */
-	height?: number;
+	height?: number | string;
 	/**
 	 * The desired aspect ratio of the output image. Combine with either `width` or `height`
 	 * to automatically calculate and crop the other dimension.
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro
index 85d0281716d59..84c6f1a0726cc 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Image } from '@astrojs/image/components';
   <body>
 		<Image id="hero" src="/hero.jpg" width={768} height={414} format="webp" />
 		<br />
-		<Image id="social-jpg" src={socialJpg} width={506} height={253} />
+		<Image id="social-jpg" src={socialJpg} width="506" height="253" />
 		<br />
 		<Image id="google" src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" width={544} height={184} format="webp" />
 		<br />
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/with-mdx/src/pages/index.mdx b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/with-mdx/src/pages/index.mdx
index a713f44186fa3..fef50195d598d 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/with-mdx/src/pages/index.mdx
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/with-mdx/src/pages/index.mdx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Image } from '@astrojs/image/components';
 
 <Image id="hero" src="/hero.jpg" width={768} height={414} format="webp" />
 <br />
-<Image id="social-jpg" src={socialJpg} width={506} height={253} />
+<Image id="social-jpg" src={socialJpg} width="506" height="253" />
 <br />
 <Image id="google" src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" width={544} height={184} format="webp" />
 <br />