diff --git a/types/react-query/index.d.ts b/types/react-query/index.d.ts
index e8c79b24e7..496b3f5fa7 100644
--- a/types/react-query/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-query/index.d.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export interface QueryResult<TResult, TVariables> {
     isFetching: boolean;
     isCached: boolean;
     failureCount: number;
-    refetch: (arg?: {variables?: TVariables, merge?: (...args: any[]) => any, disableThrow?: boolean}) => void;
+    refetch: (arg?: {variables?: TVariables, merge?: (...args: any[]) => any, disableThrow?: boolean}) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export interface QueryResultPaginated<TResult, TVariables> extends QueryResult<TResult[], TVariables> {
diff --git a/types/react-query/react-query-tests.ts b/types/react-query/react-query-tests.ts
index 5ed0670d3d..55770da83b 100644
--- a/types/react-query/react-query-tests.ts
+++ b/types/react-query/react-query-tests.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const querySimple = useQuery('todos',
 querySimple.data; // $ExpectType string | null
 querySimple.error; // $ExpectType Error | null
 querySimple.isLoading; // $ExpectType boolean
-querySimple.refetch(); // $ExpectType void
+querySimple.refetch(); // $ExpectType Promise<void>
 queryPaginated.fetchMore; // $ExpectError
 queryPaginated.canFetchMore; // $ExpectError
 queryPaginated.isFetchingMore; // $ExpectError
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const queryVariables = useQuery(['todos', {param}],
     (variables) => Promise.resolve(variables.param === 'test'));
 
 queryVariables.data; // $ExpectType boolean | null
-queryVariables.refetch({variables: {param: 'foo'}}); // $ExpectType void
+queryVariables.refetch({variables: {param: 'foo'}}); // $ExpectType Promise<void>
 queryVariables.refetch({variables: {other: 'foo'}}); // $ExpectError
 
 // Query with falsey query key