diff --git a/src/hydration/react.tsx b/src/hydration/react.tsx
index bd9971dbcc..29eaff6fdd 100644
--- a/src/hydration/react.tsx
+++ b/src/hydration/react.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ export function useHydrate(state: unknown, options?: HydrateOptions) {
 
   // Running hydrate again with the same queries is safe,
   // it wont overwrite or initialize existing queries,
-  // relying on useMemo here is only a performance optimization
-  React.useMemo(() => {
+  // relying on useEffect here is only a performance optimization
+  React.useEffect(() => {
     if (state) {
       hydrate(queryClient, state, optionsRef.current)
     }