diff --git a/modules/lang/org/contrib/pretty.el b/modules/lang/org/contrib/pretty.el
index e66ba9e47..96fe6030d 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/contrib/pretty.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/contrib/pretty.el
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
 (use-package! org-fancy-priorities ; priority icons
   :hook (org-mode . org-fancy-priorities-mode)
   :hook (org-agenda-mode . org-fancy-priorities-mode)
-  :config (setq org-fancy-priorities-list '("⚑" "⬆" "■")))
+  :config
+  (setq org-fancy-priorities-list '("⚑" "⬆" "■"))
+  ;; HACK: Prevent org-fancy-priorities from interfering with org exporters or
+  ;;   other non-interactive Org crawlers/parsers (see #8280).
+  (defadvice! +org--inhibit-org-fancy-in-non-real-buffers-a (&rest _)
+    :before-until #'org-fancy-priorities-mode
+    org-inhibit-startup))
 
 
 (use-package! org-appear ; better markup edit