diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/src/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/src/gatsby-node.js
index 328c6196c51da..8ac43ecc085d9 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/src/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/src/gatsby-node.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ exports.onPostBuild = (
       {
         // page-data.json files are not content hashed
         urlPattern: /^https?:.*\page-data\/.*\/page-data\.json/,
-        handler: `NetworkFirst`,
+        handler: `StaleWhileRevalidate`,
       },
       {
         // Add runtime caching of various other page resources