diff --git a/.changeset/silent-emus-rush.md b/.changeset/silent-emus-rush.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac551d20fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silent-emus-rush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@directus/api': patch
+---
+
+Ensured `ASSETS_TRANSFORM_IMAGE_MAX_DIMENSION` is also respected for extraction of metadata during image upload
diff --git a/api/src/services/assets.ts b/api/src/services/assets.ts
index 201b0ff628..4d2a9747fa 100644
--- a/api/src/services/assets.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/assets.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { contentType } from 'mime-types';
 import type { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 import hash from 'object-hash';
 import path from 'path';
-import type { FailOnOptions } from 'sharp';
 import sharp from 'sharp';
 import { SUPPORTED_IMAGE_TRANSFORM_FORMATS } from '../constants.js';
 import getDatabase from '../database/index.js';
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import { isValidUuid } from '../utils/is-valid-uuid.js';
 import * as TransformationUtils from '../utils/transformations.js';
 import { AuthorizationService } from './authorization.js';
 import { FilesService } from './files.js';
+import { getSharpInstance } from './files/lib/get-sharp-instance.js';
 
 const env = useEnv();
 const logger = useLogger();
@@ -162,11 +162,7 @@ export class AssetsService {
 
 			const readStream = await storage.location(file.storage).read(file.filename_disk, range);
 
-			const transformer = sharp({
-				limitInputPixels: Math.pow(env['ASSETS_TRANSFORM_IMAGE_MAX_DIMENSION'] as number, 2),
-				sequentialRead: true,
-				failOn: env['ASSETS_INVALID_IMAGE_SENSITIVITY_LEVEL'] as FailOnOptions,
-			});
+			const transformer = getSharpInstance();
 
 			transformer.timeout({
 				seconds: clamp(Math.round(getMilliseconds(env['ASSETS_TRANSFORM_TIMEOUT'], 0) / 1000), 1, 3600),
diff --git a/api/src/services/files/lib/get-sharp-instance.test.ts b/api/src/services/files/lib/get-sharp-instance.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b14df6f9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/services/files/lib/get-sharp-instance.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { useEnv } from '@directus/env';
+import { getSharpInstance } from './get-sharp-instance';
+
+import { beforeAll, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('@directus/env');
+
+vi.mock('sharp', () => {
+	const sharp = {
+		// using object with default property to mock default import
+		default: vi.fn(),
+	};
+
+	return sharp;
+});
+
+const ASSETS_TRANSFORM_IMAGE_MAX_DIMENSION = 94906265;
+const ASSETS_INVALID_IMAGE_SENSITIVITY_LEVEL = 'error';
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+	vi.mocked(useEnv).mockReturnValue({
+		ASSETS_TRANSFORM_IMAGE_MAX_DIMENSION,
+		ASSETS_INVALID_IMAGE_SENSITIVITY_LEVEL,
+	});
+});
+
+test('getSharpInstance should apply the correct options', async () => {
+	const sharp = await import('sharp');
+
+	getSharpInstance();
+
+	expect(sharp.default).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+		limitInputPixels: Math.pow(ASSETS_TRANSFORM_IMAGE_MAX_DIMENSION, 2),
+		sequentialRead: true,
+		failOn: ASSETS_INVALID_IMAGE_SENSITIVITY_LEVEL,
+	});
+});
diff --git a/api/src/services/files/lib/get-sharp-instance.ts b/api/src/services/files/lib/get-sharp-instance.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0cf7fd46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/services/files/lib/get-sharp-instance.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { useEnv } from '@directus/env';
+import sharp, { type FailOnOptions, type Sharp } from 'sharp';
+
+export function getSharpInstance(): Sharp {
+	const env = useEnv();
+
+	return sharp({
+		limitInputPixels: Math.trunc(Math.pow(env['ASSETS_TRANSFORM_IMAGE_MAX_DIMENSION'] as number, 2)),
+		sequentialRead: true,
+		failOn: env['ASSETS_INVALID_IMAGE_SENSITIVITY_LEVEL'] as FailOnOptions,
+	});
+}
diff --git a/api/src/services/files/utils/get-metadata.ts b/api/src/services/files/utils/get-metadata.ts
index 746bc43e9b..49a08c4bc4 100644
--- a/api/src/services/files/utils/get-metadata.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/files/utils/get-metadata.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { type IccProfile, parse as parseIcc } from 'icc';
 import { pick } from 'lodash-es';
 import type { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises';
-import sharp from 'sharp';
 import { useEnv } from '@directus/env';
 import { useLogger } from '../../../logger/index.js';
 import { parseIptc, parseXmp } from './parse-image-metadata.js';
+import { getSharpInstance } from '../lib/get-sharp-instance.js';
 
 const env = useEnv();
 const logger = useLogger();
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ export async function getMetadata(
 	stream: Readable,
 	allowList: string | string[] = env['FILE_METADATA_ALLOW_LIST'] as string[],
 ): Promise<Metadata> {
+	const transformer = getSharpInstance();
+
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		pipeline(
 			stream,
-			sharp().metadata(async (err, sharpMetadata) => {
+			transformer.metadata(async (err, sharpMetadata) => {
 				if (err) {
 					reject(err);
 					return;
diff --git a/contributors.yml b/contributors.yml
index 06f8a81edd..42c49deb00 100644
--- a/contributors.yml
+++ b/contributors.yml
@@ -142,4 +142,5 @@
 - brandondrew
 - alantiller
 - SP12893678
+- AndriyAntonenko
 - jacobwise