diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/infiniteQueryOptions.ts b/packages/react-query/src/infiniteQueryOptions.ts
index e013c1f8d3..097008726d 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/infiniteQueryOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/infiniteQueryOptions.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export type UnusedSkipTokenInfiniteOptions<
   >,
   'queryFn'
 > & {
-  queryFn: Exclude<
+  queryFn?: Exclude<
     UseInfiniteQueryOptions<
       TQueryFnData,
       TError,
diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/queryOptions.ts b/packages/react-query/src/queryOptions.ts
index a763ab2289..4daaf36a80 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/queryOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/queryOptions.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export type UnusedSkipTokenOptions<
   UseQueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>,
   'queryFn'
 > & {
-  queryFn: Exclude<
+  queryFn?: Exclude<
     UseQueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>['queryFn'],
     SkipToken
   >
diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/types.ts b/packages/react-query/src/types.ts
index 45da8a6a93..8516536361 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/types.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export interface UseSuspenseQueryOptions<
     UseQueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>,
     'queryFn' | 'enabled' | 'throwOnError' | 'placeholderData'
   > {
-  queryFn: Exclude<
+  queryFn?: Exclude<
     UseQueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>['queryFn'],
     SkipToken
   >
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export interface UseSuspenseInfiniteQueryOptions<
     >,
     'queryFn' | 'enabled' | 'throwOnError' | 'placeholderData'
   > {
-  queryFn: Exclude<
+  queryFn?: Exclude<
     UseInfiniteQueryOptions<
       TQueryFnData,
       TError,