diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-donkeys-clap.md b/.changeset/khaki-donkeys-clap.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df329544a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-donkeys-clap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/preact-query': patch
+---
+
+fix(preact-query/usePrefetchQuery): replace deprecated `queryClient.fetchQuery` with `queryClient.query`
diff --git a/packages/preact-query/src/usePrefetchQuery.tsx b/packages/preact-query/src/usePrefetchQuery.tsx
index 376bf157c5d..c0a237a55a6 100644
--- a/packages/preact-query/src/usePrefetchQuery.tsx
+++ b/packages/preact-query/src/usePrefetchQuery.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ export function usePrefetchQuery<
   const client = useQueryClient(queryClient)
 
   if (!client.getQueryState(options.queryKey)) {
-    void client.fetchQuery(options).catch(noop)
+    void client.query(options).catch(noop)
   }
 }