diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Globals.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Globals.ts
index 37a8816d0b336..7ed42cbce132a 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Globals.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Globals.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {Effect, ValueKind, ValueReason} from './HIR';
 import {
   BUILTIN_SHAPES,
   BuiltInArrayId,
+  BuiltInFireFunctionId,
   BuiltInFireId,
   BuiltInMapId,
   BuiltInMixedReadonlyId,
@@ -674,7 +675,12 @@ const REACT_APIS: Array<[string, BuiltInType]> = [
       {
         positionalParams: [],
         restParam: null,
-        returnType: {kind: 'Primitive'},
+        returnType: {
+          kind: 'Function',
+          return: {kind: 'Poly'},
+          shapeId: BuiltInFireFunctionId,
+          isConstructor: false,
+        },
         calleeEffect: Effect.Read,
         returnValueKind: ValueKind.Frozen,
       },
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts
index 5c84cbb9fc4dd..0dfa937f37f03 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts
@@ -1722,6 +1722,12 @@ export function isDispatcherType(id: Identifier): boolean {
   return id.type.kind === 'Function' && id.type.shapeId === 'BuiltInDispatch';
 }
 
+export function isFireFunctionType(id: Identifier): boolean {
+  return (
+    id.type.kind === 'Function' && id.type.shapeId === 'BuiltInFireFunction'
+  );
+}
+
 export function isStableType(id: Identifier): boolean {
   return (
     isSetStateType(id) ||
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/ObjectShape.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/ObjectShape.ts
index 75aa38a71a452..a599fc2d74760 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/ObjectShape.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/ObjectShape.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ export const BuiltInUseContextHookId = 'BuiltInUseContextHook';
 export const BuiltInUseTransitionId = 'BuiltInUseTransition';
 export const BuiltInStartTransitionId = 'BuiltInStartTransition';
 export const BuiltInFireId = 'BuiltInFire';
+export const BuiltInFireFunctionId = 'BuiltInFireFunction';
 
 // ShapeRegistry with default definitions for built-ins.
 export const BUILTIN_SHAPES: ShapeRegistry = new Map();
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Inference/InferEffectDependencies.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Inference/InferEffectDependencies.ts
index 03bd9fd3827dc..0d27ac7ca0f69 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Inference/InferEffectDependencies.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Inference/InferEffectDependencies.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   ReactiveScopeDependencies,
   isUseRefType,
   isSetStateType,
+  isFireFunctionType,
 } from '../HIR';
 import {DEFAULT_EXPORT} from '../HIR/Environment';
 import {
@@ -189,9 +190,10 @@ export function inferEffectDependencies(fn: HIRFunction): void {
              */
             for (const dep of scopeInfo.deps) {
               if (
-                (isUseRefType(dep.identifier) ||
+                ((isUseRefType(dep.identifier) ||
                   isSetStateType(dep.identifier)) &&
-                !reactiveIds.has(dep.identifier.id)
+                  !reactiveIds.has(dep.identifier.id)) ||
+                isFireFunctionType(dep.identifier)
               ) {
                 // exclude non-reactive hook results, which will never be in a memo block
                 continue;
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Transform/TransformFire.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Transform/TransformFire.ts
index 943b6b8eca2b2..b033af6750c37 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Transform/TransformFire.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Transform/TransformFire.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ import {
 } from '../HIR';
 import {createTemporaryPlace, markInstructionIds} from '../HIR/HIRBuilder';
 import {getOrInsertWith} from '../Utils/utils';
-import {BuiltInFireId, DefaultNonmutatingHook} from '../HIR/ObjectShape';
+import {
+  BuiltInFireFunctionId,
+  BuiltInFireId,
+  DefaultNonmutatingHook,
+} from '../HIR/ObjectShape';
 import {eachInstructionOperand} from '../HIR/visitors';
 import {printSourceLocationLine} from '../HIR/PrintHIR';
 import {USE_FIRE_FUNCTION_NAME} from '../HIR/Environment';
@@ -633,6 +637,13 @@ class Context {
       () => createTemporaryPlace(this.#env, GeneratedSource),
     );
 
+    fireFunctionBinding.identifier.type = {
+      kind: 'Function',
+      shapeId: BuiltInFireFunctionId,
+      return: {kind: 'Poly'},
+      isConstructor: false,
+    };
+
     this.#capturedCalleeIdentifierIds.set(callee.identifier.id, {
       fireFunctionBinding,
       capturedCalleeIdentifier: callee.identifier,
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/transform-fire/fire-and-autodeps.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/transform-fire/fire-and-autodeps.expect.md
index 20260bd5e694d..46e813bf9d6cb 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/transform-fire/fire-and-autodeps.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/transform-fire/fire-and-autodeps.expect.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function Component(props) {
   } else {
     t2 = $[4];
   }
-  useEffect(t2, [t1, props]);
+  useEffect(t2, [props]);
   return null;
 }