diff --git a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolve-metadata.ts b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolve-metadata.ts
index b15c81428fa61..ece6f8b8096fa 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolve-metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolve-metadata.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function mergeStaticMetadata(
         card: 'summary_large_image',
         images: twitter,
       },
-      null
+      metadata.metadataBase
     )
     metadata.twitter = { ...metadata.twitter, ...resolvedTwitter! }
   }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function mergeStaticMetadata(
       {
         images: opengraph,
       },
-      null
+      metadata.metadataBase
     )
     metadata.openGraph = { ...metadata.openGraph, ...resolvedOg! }
   }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function merge(
     openGraph: string | null
   }
 ) {
-  const metadataBase = source?.metadataBase || null
+  const metadataBase = source?.metadataBase || target.metadataBase
   for (const key_ in source) {
     const key = key_ as keyof Metadata
 
diff --git a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-opengraph.ts b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-opengraph.ts
index 81619bec09698..961fbfcaa4d90 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-opengraph.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-opengraph.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
   ResolvedOpenGraph,
 } from '../types/opengraph-types'
 import type { FieldResolverWithMetadataBase } from '../types/resolvers'
-import type { ResolvedTwitterMetadata } from '../types/twitter-types'
+import type { ResolvedTwitterMetadata, Twitter } from '../types/twitter-types'
 import { resolveAsArrayOrUndefined } from '../generate/utils'
 import { isStringOrURL, resolveUrl } from './resolve-url'
 
@@ -25,6 +25,34 @@ const OgTypFields = {
   ],
 } as const
 
+function resolveImages(
+  images: Twitter['images'],
+  metadataBase: ResolvedMetadata['metadataBase']
+): NonNullable<ResolvedMetadata['twitter']>['images']
+function resolveImages(
+  images: OpenGraph['images'],
+  metadataBase: ResolvedMetadata['metadataBase']
+): NonNullable<ResolvedMetadata['openGraph']>['images']
+function resolveImages(
+  images: OpenGraph['images'] | Twitter['images'],
+  metadataBase: ResolvedMetadata['metadataBase']
+):
+  | NonNullable<ResolvedMetadata['twitter']>['images']
+  | NonNullable<ResolvedMetadata['openGraph']>['images'] {
+  const resolvedImages = resolveAsArrayOrUndefined(images)
+  resolvedImages?.forEach((item, index, array) => {
+    if (isStringOrURL(item)) {
+      array[index] = {
+        url: metadataBase ? resolveUrl(item, metadataBase)! : item,
+      }
+    } else {
+      // Update image descriptor url
+      item.url = metadataBase ? resolveUrl(item.url, metadataBase)! : item.url
+    }
+  })
+  return resolvedImages
+}
+
 function getFieldsByOgType(ogType: OpenGraphType | undefined) {
   switch (ogType) {
     case 'article':
@@ -68,7 +96,8 @@ export function resolveOpenGraph(
         }
       }
     }
-    resolved.images = resolveAsArrayOrUndefined(og.images)
+
+    resolved.images = resolveImages(og.images, metadataBase)
   }
 
   assignProps(openGraph)
@@ -97,18 +126,8 @@ export const resolveTwitter: FieldResolverWithMetadataBase<'twitter'> = (
   for (const infoKey of TwitterBasicInfoKeys) {
     resolved[infoKey] = twitter[infoKey] || null
   }
-  resolved.images = resolveAsArrayOrUndefined(twitter.images)?.map((item) => {
-    if (isStringOrURL(item))
-      return {
-        url: metadataBase ? resolveUrl(item, metadataBase) : item,
-      }
-    else {
-      return {
-        url: metadataBase ? resolveUrl(item.url, metadataBase) : item.url,
-        alt: item.alt,
-      }
-    }
-  })
+  resolved.images = resolveImages(twitter.images, metadataBase)
+
   if ('card' in twitter) {
     resolved.card = twitter.card
     switch (twitter.card) {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.test.ts b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.test.ts
index 54703f87b8b36..919aefe75994a 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.test.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('metadata: resolveUrl', () => {
   })
 
   it('should error when metadataBase is not provided but url is not valid URL', () => {
-    expect(() => resolveUrl('/abc', null)).toThrow('missing metadataBase')
+    expect(() => resolveUrl('/abc', null)).toThrow()
   })
 
   it('should return url itself when metadataBase is null or url is valid URL', () => {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.ts b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.ts
index d09e4dd5529f7..0f1e8f0f68b19 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/resolvers/resolve-url.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ function resolveUrl(
     return parsedUrl
   } catch (_) {}
 
-  if (!metadataBase) throw new Error('missing metadataBase')
+  if (!metadataBase)
+    throw new Error(
+      `metadata.metadataBase needs to be provided for resolving absolute URLs: ${url}`
+    )
 
   // Handle relative or absolute paths
   const basePath = metadataBase.pathname || '/'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/types/twitter-types.ts b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/types/twitter-types.ts
index 15dbf23f6f4f6..6bd44173bb21d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/types/twitter-types.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/lib/metadata/types/twitter-types.ts
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ type TwitterPlayerDescriptor = {
 }
 
 type ResolvedTwitterImage = {
-  url: null | URL | string
+  url: string | URL
   alt?: string
+  secureUrl?: string | URL
+  type?: string
+  width?: string | number
+  height?: string | number
 }
 type ResolvedTwitterSummary = {
   site: string | null
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata/app/opengraph/layout.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata/app/opengraph/layout.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..91357392209bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata/app/opengraph/layout.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export default function Layout({ children }) {
+  return children
+}
+
+export const metadata = {
+  metadataBase: new URL('https://example.com/'),
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata/metadata.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata/metadata.test.ts
index c6c37ace9b4ba..a168ce32828b4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata/metadata.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata/metadata.test.ts
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ createNextDescribe(
       it('should pick up opengraph-image and twitter-image as static metadata files', async () => {
         const $ = await next.render$('/opengraph/static')
         expect($('[property="og:image:url"]').attr('content')).toMatch(
-          /_next\/static\/media\/metadata\/opengraph-image.\w+.png/
+          /https:\/\/example.com\/_next\/static\/media\/metadata\/opengraph-image.\w+.png/
         )
         expect($('[property="og:image:type"]').attr('content')).toBe(
           'image/png'
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ createNextDescribe(
         expect($('[property="og:image:height"]').attr('content')).toBe('114')
 
         expect($('[name="twitter:image"]').attr('content')).toMatch(
-          /_next\/static\/media\/metadata\/twitter-image.\w+.png/
+          /https:\/\/example.com\/_next\/static\/media\/metadata\/twitter-image.\w+.png/
         )
         expect($('[name="twitter:card"]').attr('content')).toBe(
           'summary_large_image'