diff --git a/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts b/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts
index 5b2fc14c643..b4069fa9f36 100644
--- a/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts
+++ b/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   createFulfilledPromise,
   createRejectedPromise,
 } from "../../utilities/index.js";
-import type { CacheKey } from "./types.js";
+import type { CacheKey, QueryKey } from "./types.js";
 import type { useBackgroundQuery, useReadQuery } from "../hooks/index.js";
 
 type Listener<TData> = (promise: Promise<ApolloQueryResult<TData>>) => void;
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ type ObservedOptions = Pick<
 
 export class InternalQueryReference<TData = unknown> {
   public result: ApolloQueryResult<TData>;
-  public readonly key: CacheKey;
+  public readonly key: QueryKey = {};
   public readonly observable: ObservableQuery<TData>;
 
-  public promiseCache?: Map<CacheKey, Promise<ApolloQueryResult<TData>>>;
+  public promiseCache?: Map<QueryKey, Promise<ApolloQueryResult<TData>>>;
   public promise: Promise<ApolloQueryResult<TData>>;
 
   private subscription: ObservableSubscription;
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ export class InternalQueryReference<TData = unknown> {
     // Don't save this result as last result to prevent delivery of last result
     // when first subscribing
     this.result = observable.getCurrentResult(false);
-    this.key = options.key;
 
     if (options.onDispose) {
       this.onDispose = options.onDispose;
diff --git a/src/react/cache/types.ts b/src/react/cache/types.ts
index e9e0ba8b826..40f3c4cc8fc 100644
--- a/src/react/cache/types.ts
+++ b/src/react/cache/types.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ export type CacheKey = [
   stringifiedVariables: string,
   ...queryKey: any[],
 ];
+
+export interface QueryKey {
+  __queryKey?: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/react/hooks/useSuspenseQuery.ts b/src/react/hooks/useSuspenseQuery.ts
index daabb7e3eeb..fd1df0129f2 100644
--- a/src/react/hooks/useSuspenseQuery.ts
+++ b/src/react/hooks/useSuspenseQuery.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { getSuspenseCache } from "../cache/index.js";
 import { canonicalStringify } from "../../cache/index.js";
 import { skipToken } from "./constants.js";
 import type { SkipToken } from "./constants.js";
-import type { CacheKey } from "../cache/types.js";
+import type { CacheKey, QueryKey } from "../cache/types.js";
 
 export interface UseSuspenseQueryResult<
   TData = unknown,
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export function useSuspenseQuery<
   );
 
   let [current, setPromise] = React.useState<
-    [CacheKey, Promise<ApolloQueryResult<any>>]
+    [QueryKey, Promise<ApolloQueryResult<any>>]
   >([queryRef.key, queryRef.promise]);
 
   if (current[0] !== queryRef.key) {