diff --git a/src/core/__tests__/QueryManager/index.ts b/src/core/__tests__/QueryManager/index.ts
index 58b99bbcce..fb5511fac1 100644
--- a/src/core/__tests__/QueryManager/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/__tests__/QueryManager/index.ts
@@ -5318,6 +5318,88 @@ describe("QueryManager", () => {
       await expect(stream).not.toEmitAnything();
     });
 
+    it("also works with different references of a same query document node", async () => {
+      const mutation = gql`
+        mutation changeAuthorName($id: ID!) {
+          changeAuthorName(newName: "Jack Smith", id: $id) {
+            firstName
+            lastName
+          }
+        }
+      `;
+      const mutationData = {
+        changeAuthorName: {
+          firstName: "Jack",
+          lastName: "Smith",
+        },
+      };
+      const query = gql`
+        query getAuthors($id: ID!) {
+          author(id: $id) {
+            firstName
+            lastName
+          }
+        }
+      `;
+      const data = {
+        author: {
+          firstName: "John",
+          lastName: "Smith",
+        },
+      };
+      const secondReqData = {
+        author: {
+          firstName: "Jane",
+          lastName: "Johnson",
+        },
+      };
+
+      const variables = { id: "1234" };
+      const mutationVariables = { id: "2345" };
+      const queryManager = mockQueryManager(
+        {
+          request: { query, variables },
+          result: { data },
+          delay: 10,
+        },
+        {
+          request: { query, variables },
+          result: { data: secondReqData },
+          delay: 100,
+        },
+        {
+          request: { query: mutation, variables: mutationVariables },
+          result: { data: mutationData },
+          delay: 10,
+        }
+      );
+      const observable = queryManager.watchQuery<any>({ query, variables });
+      const stream = new ObservableStream(observable);
+
+      await expect(stream).toEmitMatchedValue({ data });
+
+      await queryManager.mutate({
+        mutation,
+        variables: mutationVariables,
+        // spread the query into a new object to simulate multiple instances
+        refetchQueries: [{ ...query }],
+      });
+
+      await expect(stream).toEmitMatchedValue(
+        { data: secondReqData },
+        { timeout: 150 }
+      );
+      expect(observable.getCurrentResult().data).toEqual(secondReqData);
+
+      await wait(10);
+
+      queryManager["queries"].forEach((_, queryId) => {
+        expect(queryId).not.toContain("legacyOneTimeQuery");
+      });
+
+      await expect(stream).not.toEmitAnything();
+    });
+
     itAsync(
       "also works with a conditional function that returns false",
       (resolve, reject) => {