diff --git a/packages/apollo-client/src/core/QueryManager.ts b/packages/apollo-client/src/core/QueryManager.ts
index 4486aea32d8..bc68acc2e3c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-client/src/core/QueryManager.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-client/src/core/QueryManager.ts
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ export class QueryManager<TStore> {
     updater: (prev: QueryInfo) => Pick<QueryInfo, T>,
   ) {
     const prev = this.getQuery(queryId);
-    const newInfo = { ...prev, ...updater(prev) };
+    const newInfo = { ...prev, ...(updater(prev) as object) };
     this.queries.set(queryId, newInfo);
   }