diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php
index 1a4df65d99..af227c572e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ class WP_Site_Query {
 		// $args can include anything. Only use the args defined in the query_var_defaults to compute the key.
 		$_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $this->query_vars, array_keys( $this->query_var_defaults ) );
 
-		// Ignore the $fields argument as the queried result will be the same regardless.
-		unset( $_args['fields'] );
+		// Ignore the $fields, $update_site_cache, $update_site_meta_cache argument as the queried result will be the same regardless.
+		unset( $_args['fields'], $_args['update_site_cache'], $_args['update_site_meta_cache'] );
 
 		$key          = md5( serialize( $_args ) );
 		$last_changed = wp_cache_get_last_changed( 'sites' );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/multisite/wpSiteQuery.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/multisite/wpSiteQuery.php
index f48667f23f..8d1d84c1f0 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/multisite/wpSiteQuery.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/multisite/wpSiteQuery.php
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ if ( is_multisite() ) :
 				)
 			);
 
-			$number_of_queries = $wpdb->num_queries;
+			$number_of_queries = get_num_queries();
 
 			$query_2 = $q->query(
 				array(
@@ -863,6 +863,70 @@ if ( is_multisite() ) :
 			$this->assertSame( $number_of_queries + 1, $wpdb->num_queries );
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * @ticket 55462
+		 */
+		public function test_wp_site_query_cache_with_same_fields_same_cache_fields() {
+			$q = new WP_Site_Query();
+
+			$query_1 = $q->query(
+				array(
+					'fields'                 => 'ids',
+					'network_id'             => self::$network_ids['wordpress.org/'],
+					'number'                 => 3,
+					'order'                  => 'ASC',
+					'update_site_cache'      => true,
+					'update_site_meta_cache' => true,
+				)
+			);
+
+			$number_of_queries = get_num_queries();
+
+			$query_2 = $q->query(
+				array(
+					'fields'                 => 'ids',
+					'network_id'             => self::$network_ids['wordpress.org/'],
+					'number'                 => 3,
+					'order'                  => 'ASC',
+					'update_site_cache'      => true,
+					'update_site_meta_cache' => true,
+				)
+			);
+			$this->assertSame( $number_of_queries, get_num_queries() );
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * @ticket 55462
+		 */
+		public function test_wp_site_query_cache_with_same_fields_different_cache_fields() {
+			$q = new WP_Site_Query();
+
+			$query_1 = $q->query(
+				array(
+					'fields'                 => 'ids',
+					'network_id'             => self::$network_ids['wordpress.org/'],
+					'number'                 => 3,
+					'order'                  => 'ASC',
+					'update_site_cache'      => true,
+					'update_site_meta_cache' => true,
+				)
+			);
+
+			$number_of_queries = get_num_queries();
+
+			$query_2 = $q->query(
+				array(
+					'fields'                 => 'ids',
+					'network_id'             => self::$network_ids['wordpress.org/'],
+					'number'                 => 3,
+					'order'                  => 'ASC',
+					'update_site_cache'      => false,
+					'update_site_meta_cache' => false,
+				)
+			);
+			$this->assertSame( $number_of_queries, get_num_queries() );
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * @ticket 40229
 		 * @dataProvider data_wp_site_query_meta_query