diff --git a/e2e-tests/adapters/cypress/e2e/headers.cy.ts b/e2e-tests/adapters/cypress/e2e/headers.cy.ts
index cc034a9afcd7d..878974d48ceee 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/adapters/cypress/e2e/headers.cy.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/adapters/cypress/e2e/headers.cy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { applyTrailingSlashOption } from "../../utils"
 import { WorkaroundCachedResponse } from "../utils/dont-cache-responses-in-browser"
 
+const TRAILING_SLASH = Cypress.env(`TRAILING_SLASH`) || `never`
 const PATH_PREFIX = Cypress.env(`PATH_PREFIX`) || ``
 
 describe("Headers", () => {
@@ -75,7 +77,10 @@ describe("Headers", () => {
   }
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.intercept(PATH_PREFIX + "/", WorkaroundCachedResponse).as("index")
+    cy.intercept(
+      applyTrailingSlashOption(PATH_PREFIX, TRAILING_SLASH),
+      WorkaroundCachedResponse
+    ).as("index")
     cy.intercept(
       PATH_PREFIX + "/routes/ssg/static",
       WorkaroundCachedResponse
@@ -114,7 +119,9 @@ describe("Headers", () => {
   })
 
   it("should contain correct headers for index page", () => {
-    cy.visit("/").waitForRouteChange()
+    cy.visit(
+      applyTrailingSlashOption(Cypress.config().baseUrl, TRAILING_SLASH)
+    ).waitForRouteChange()
 
     checkHeaders("@index", {
       ...defaultHeaders,
@@ -133,7 +140,12 @@ describe("Headers", () => {
   })
 
   it("should contain correct headers for ssg page", () => {
-    cy.visit("routes/ssg/static").waitForRouteChange()
+    cy.visit(
+      applyTrailingSlashOption(
+        Cypress.config().baseUrl + "/routes/ssg/static",
+        TRAILING_SLASH
+      )
+    ).waitForRouteChange()
 
     checkHeaders("@ssg", {
       ...defaultHeaders,
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/schema/graphql-engine/bundle-webpack.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/schema/graphql-engine/bundle-webpack.ts
index 0a559b951ea97..3d62aec86bb15 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/schema/graphql-engine/bundle-webpack.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/schema/graphql-engine/bundle-webpack.ts
@@ -233,18 +233,24 @@ function checkIfNeedToInstallMissingSharp(
   currentTarget: IPlatformAndArch
 ): IBinaryPackageStatus | undefined {
   try {
-    // check if shapr is resolvable
-    const { version: sharpVersion } = require(`sharp/package.json`)
+    // check if sharp is resolvable
+    const sharp: typeof import("sharp") = require(`sharp`)
 
     if (isEqual(functionsTarget, currentTarget)) {
-      return undefined
+      // if current platform and target is the same as functions target, we need to check if vendored libvips
+      // exists in the current sharp installation as it will be needed in lambda
+      if (sharp.vendor.installed.includes(sharp.vendor.current)) {
+        // vendored libvips is installed, so we can use it
+        return undefined
+      }
     }
 
     return checkIfInstalledInInternalPackagesCache(
       {
         needToInstall: true,
         packageName: `sharp`,
-        packageVersion: sharpVersion,
+        packageVersion:
+          sharp.versions.sharp ?? require(`sharp/package.json`).version,
       },
       functionsTarget
     )
@@ -279,6 +285,10 @@ async function installMissing(
     env: {
       npm_config_arch: functionsTarget.arch,
       npm_config_platform: functionsTarget.platform,
+      // force sharp to download vendored libvips and not skip it if globally installed libvips matches sharp requirements
+      // so that produced function is self-sufficient and doesn't rely on function execution environment having (same)
+      // globally available libvips
+      SHARP_IGNORE_GLOBAL_LIBVIPS: `1`,
     },
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e29de1e1d7a9b..df2447e40bf92 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7608,15 +7608,10 @@ caniuse-api@^3.0.0:
     lodash.memoize "^4.1.2"
     lodash.uniq "^4.5.0"
 
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.0, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001538, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001565:
-  version "1.0.30001692"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001692.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-A95VKan0kdtrsnMubMKxEKUKImOPSuCpYgxSQBo036P5YYgVIcOYJEgt/txJWqObiRQeISNCfef9nvlQ0vbV7A==
-
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001688:
-  version "1.0.30001712"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001712.tgz#41ee150f12de11b5f57c5889d4f30deb451deedf"
-  integrity sha512-MBqPpGYYdQ7/hfKiet9SCI+nmN5/hp4ZzveOJubl5DTAMa5oggjAuoi0Z4onBpKPFI2ePGnQuQIzF3VxDjDJig==
+caniuse-lite@^1.0.0, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001538, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001565, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001688:
+  version "1.0.30001723"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001723.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-1R/elMjtehrFejxwmexeXAtae5UO9iSyFn6G/I806CYC/BLyyBk1EPhrKBkWhy6wM6Xnm47dSJQec+tLJ39WHw==
 
 capital-case@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"