diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-cycles-cheat.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-cycles-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d13c27765a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-cycles-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook-v2": patch
+---
+
+add a force-revalidate api route to force bust the cache in case of errors
diff --git a/packages/gitbook-v2/next-env.d.ts b/packages/gitbook-v2/next-env.d.ts
index 1b3be0840f..3cd7048ed9 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook-v2/next-env.d.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook-v2/next-env.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference types="next" />
 /// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
+/// <reference types="next/navigation-types/compat/navigation" />
 
 // NOTE: This file should not be edited
 // see https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/config/typescript for more information.
diff --git a/packages/gitbook-v2/src/pages/api/~gitbook/force-revalidate.ts b/packages/gitbook-v2/src/pages/api/~gitbook/force-revalidate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45e6c7eca1
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+++ b/packages/gitbook-v2/src/pages/api/~gitbook/force-revalidate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import crypto from 'node:crypto';
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
+
+interface JsonBody {
+    // The paths need to be the rewritten one, `res.revalidate` call don't go through the middleware
+    paths: string[];
+}
+
+export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+    // Only allow POST requests
+    if (req.method !== 'POST') {
+        return res.status(405).json({ error: 'Method not allowed' });
+    }
+    const signatureHeader = req.headers['x-gitbook-signature'] as string | undefined;
+    if (!signatureHeader) {
+        return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Missing signature header' });
+    }
+    // We cannot use env from `@/v2/lib/env` here as it make it crash because of the import "server-only" in the file.
+    if (process.env.GITBOOK_SECRET) {
+        try {
+            const computedSignature = crypto
+                .createHmac('sha256', process.env.GITBOOK_SECRET)
+                .update(JSON.stringify(req.body))
+                .digest('hex');
+
+            if (computedSignature === signatureHeader) {
+                const results = await Promise.allSettled(
+                    (req.body as JsonBody).paths.map((path) => {
+                        // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noConsole: we want to log here
+                        console.log(`Revalidating path: ${path}`);
+                        return res.revalidate(path);
+                    })
+                );
+                return res.status(200).json({
+                    success: results.every((result) => result.status === 'fulfilled'),
+                    errors: results
+                        .filter((result) => result.status === 'rejected')
+                        .map((result) => (result as PromiseRejectedResult).reason),
+                });
+            }
+            return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid signature' });
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error('Error during revalidation:', error);
+            return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid request or unable to parse JSON' });
+        }
+    }
+    // If no secret is set, we do not allow revalidation
+    return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Revalidation is disabled' });
+}