diff --git a/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts b/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts
index 03674d849aa..3d68ac1a657 100644
--- a/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts
+++ b/src/core/ObservableQuery.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import type { QueryInfo } from "./QueryInfo.js";
 import type { MissingFieldError } from "../cache/index.js";
 import type { MissingTree } from "../cache/core/types/common.js";
 import { equalByQuery } from "./equalByQuery.js";
+import type { TODO } from "../utilities/types/TODO.js";
 
 const { assign, hasOwnProperty } = Object;
 
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ Did you mean to call refetch(variables) instead of refetch({ variables })?`,
     }
 
     this.queryInfo.resetLastWrite();
-    return this.reobserve(reobserveOptions, NetworkStatus.refetch);
+    return this.reobserve(reobserveOptions, NetworkStatus.refetch) as TODO;
   }
 
   public fetchMore<
@@ -588,7 +589,7 @@ Did you mean to call refetch(variables) instead of refetch({ variables })?`,
   public setOptions(
     newOptions: Partial<WatchQueryOptions<TVariables, TData>>
   ): Promise<ApolloQueryResult<TData>> {
-    return this.reobserve(newOptions);
+    return this.reobserve(newOptions) as TODO;
   }
 
   public silentSetOptions(
@@ -928,9 +929,7 @@ Did you mean to call refetch(variables) instead of refetch({ variables })?`,
     newOptions?: Partial<WatchQueryOptions<TVariables, TData>>,
     newNetworkStatus?: NetworkStatus
   ) {
-    return this.reobserveAsConcast(newOptions, newNetworkStatus).promise.then(
-      ensureResult
-    );
+    return this.reobserveAsConcast(newOptions, newNetworkStatus).promise;
   }
 
   public resubscribeAfterError(
@@ -1096,13 +1095,3 @@ function skipCacheDataFor(
     fetchPolicy === "standby"
   );
 }
-
-export function ensureResult<TData = any>(
-  value: ApolloQueryResult<TData> | undefined
-): ApolloQueryResult<TData> {
-  invariant(
-    value,
-    "A Concast finished without a result. This in an Apollo Client bug, please file a bug report."
-  );
-  return value;
-}
diff --git a/src/core/QueryManager.ts b/src/core/QueryManager.ts
index fe7a17ca479..6d2bb778591 100644
--- a/src/core/QueryManager.ts
+++ b/src/core/QueryManager.ts
@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ import type {
   ErrorPolicy,
   MutationFetchPolicy,
 } from "./watchQueryOptions.js";
-import {
-  ObservableQuery,
-  ensureResult,
-  logMissingFieldErrors,
-} from "./ObservableQuery.js";
+import { ObservableQuery, logMissingFieldErrors } from "./ObservableQuery.js";
 import { NetworkStatus, isNetworkRequestInFlight } from "./networkStatus.js";
 import type {
   ApolloQueryResult,
@@ -78,6 +74,7 @@ import {
 import type { ApolloErrorOptions } from "../errors/index.js";
 import { PROTOCOL_ERRORS_SYMBOL } from "../errors/index.js";
 import { print } from "../utilities/index.js";
+import type { TODO } from "../utilities/types/TODO.js";
 
 const { hasOwnProperty } = Object.prototype;
 
@@ -620,11 +617,8 @@ export class QueryManager<TStore> {
     options: WatchQueryOptions<TVars, TData>,
     networkStatus?: NetworkStatus
   ): Promise<ApolloQueryResult<TData>> {
-    return this.fetchConcastWithInfo(
-      queryId,
-      options,
-      networkStatus
-    ).concast.promise.then(ensureResult);
+    return this.fetchConcastWithInfo(queryId, options, networkStatus).concast
+      .promise as TODO;
   }
 
   public getQueryStore() {
diff --git a/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts b/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts
index 7a03ea10d37..9a8ed93ca77 100644
--- a/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts
+++ b/src/react/cache/QueryReference.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../utilities/index.js";
 import type { CacheKey } from "./types.js";
 import type { useBackgroundQuery, useReadQuery } from "../hooks/index.js";
+import type { TODO } from "../../utilities/types/TODO.js";
 
 type Listener<TData> = (promise: Promise<ApolloQueryResult<TData>>) => void;
 
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ export class InternalQueryReference<TData = unknown> {
       currentFetchPolicy === "standby" &&
       currentFetchPolicy !== watchQueryOptions.fetchPolicy
     ) {
-      this.initiateFetch(this.observable.reobserve(watchQueryOptions));
+      this.initiateFetch(this.observable.reobserve(watchQueryOptions) as TODO);
     } else {
       this.observable.silentSetOptions(watchQueryOptions);
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/types/TODO.ts b/src/utilities/types/TODO.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5d637cc22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/types/TODO.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/** @internal */
+export type TODO = any;