diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-seals-live.md b/.changeset/stupid-seals-live.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e744134969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-seals-live.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/query-core': patch
+---
+
+fix: preserve infinite query behavior during SSR hydration (#8825)
diff --git a/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/hydration.test.tsx b/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/hydration.test.tsx
index 46945e1b89..2632a742b4 100644
--- a/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/hydration.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/hydration.test.tsx
@@ -1400,4 +1400,77 @@ describe('dehydration and rehydration', () => {
     // error and test will fail
     await originalPromise
   })
+
+  test('should preserve queryType for infinite queries during hydration', async () => {
+    const queryCache = new QueryCache()
+    const queryClient = new QueryClient({ queryCache })
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() =>
+      queryClient.prefetchInfiniteQuery({
+        queryKey: ['infinite'],
+        queryFn: async ({ pageParam }) =>
+          sleep(0).then(() => ({
+            items: [`page-${pageParam}`],
+            nextCursor: pageParam + 1,
+          })),
+        initialPageParam: 0,
+        getNextPageParam: (
+          lastPage: { items: Array<string>; nextCursor: number },
+        ) => lastPage.nextCursor,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    const dehydrated = dehydrate(queryClient)
+
+    const infiniteQueryState = dehydrated.queries.find(
+      (q) => q.queryKey[0] === 'infinite',
+    )
+    expect(infiniteQueryState?.queryType).toBe('infiniteQuery')
+
+    const hydrationCache = new QueryCache()
+    const hydrationClient = new QueryClient({ queryCache: hydrationCache })
+    hydrate(hydrationClient, dehydrated)
+
+    const hydratedQuery = hydrationCache.find({ queryKey: ['infinite'] })
+    expect(hydratedQuery?.state.data).toBeDefined()
+    expect(hydratedQuery?.state.data).toHaveProperty('pages')
+    expect(hydratedQuery?.state.data).toHaveProperty('pageParams')
+    expect((hydratedQuery?.state.data as any).pages).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+
+  test('should attach infiniteQueryBehavior during hydration', async () => {
+    const queryCache = new QueryCache()
+    const queryClient = new QueryClient({ queryCache })
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() =>
+      queryClient.prefetchInfiniteQuery({
+        queryKey: ['infinite-with-behavior'],
+        queryFn: async ({ pageParam }) =>
+          sleep(0).then(() => ({ data: `page-${pageParam}`, next: pageParam + 1 })),
+        initialPageParam: 0,
+        getNextPageParam: (lastPage: { data: string; next: number }) =>
+          lastPage.next,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    const dehydrated = dehydrate(queryClient)
+
+    const hydrationCache = new QueryCache()
+    const hydrationClient = new QueryClient({ queryCache: hydrationCache })
+    hydrate(hydrationClient, dehydrated)
+
+    const result = await vi.waitFor(() =>
+      hydrationClient.fetchInfiniteQuery({
+        queryKey: ['infinite-with-behavior'],
+        queryFn: async ({ pageParam }) =>
+          sleep(0).then(() => ({ data: `page-${pageParam}`, next: pageParam + 1 })),
+        initialPageParam: 0,
+        getNextPageParam: (lastPage: { data: string; next: number }) =>
+          lastPage.next,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(result.pages).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result.pageParams).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts b/packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts
index c75d8ee332..644e9a1f9d 100644
--- a/packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts
+++ b/packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type {
 import type { QueryClient } from './queryClient'
 import type { Query, QueryState } from './query'
 import type { Mutation, MutationState } from './mutation'
+import { infiniteQueryBehavior } from './infiniteQueryBehavior'
 
 // TYPES
 type TransformerFn = (data: any) => any
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ interface DehydratedQuery {
   // without it which we need to handle for backwards compatibility.
   // This should be changed to required in the future.
   dehydratedAt?: number
+  queryType?: 'query' | 'infiniteQuery'
 }
 
 export interface DehydratedState {
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@ function dehydrateMutation(mutation: Mutation): DehydratedMutation {
   }
 }
 
+function isInfiniteQuery(query: Query): boolean {
+  const options = query.options as any
+  return 'initialPageParam' in options
+}
+
 // Most config is not dehydrated but instead meant to configure again when
 // consuming the de/rehydrated data, typically with useQuery on the client.
 // Sometimes it might make sense to prefetch data on the server and include
@@ -113,6 +120,7 @@ function dehydrateQuery(
     },
     queryKey: query.queryKey,
     queryHash: query.queryHash,
+    queryType: isInfiniteQuery(query) ? 'infiniteQuery' : 'query',
     ...(query.state.status === 'pending' && {
       promise: dehydratePromise(),
     }),
@@ -209,7 +217,15 @@ export function hydrate(
   })
 
   queries.forEach(
-    ({ queryKey, state, queryHash, meta, promise, dehydratedAt }) => {
+    ({
+      queryKey,
+      state,
+      queryHash,
+      meta,
+      promise,
+      dehydratedAt,
+      queryType,
+    }) => {
       const syncData = promise ? tryResolveSync(promise) : undefined
       const rawData = state.data === undefined ? syncData?.data : state.data
       const data = rawData === undefined ? rawData : deserializeData(rawData)
@@ -239,16 +255,21 @@ export function hydrate(
           })
         }
       } else {
+        const queryOptions: any = {
+          ...client.getDefaultOptions().hydrate?.queries,
+          ...options?.defaultOptions?.queries,
+          queryKey,
+          queryHash,
+          meta,
+        }
+
+        if (queryType === 'infiniteQuery') {
+          queryOptions.behavior = infiniteQueryBehavior(undefined)
+        }
         // Restore query
         query = queryCache.build(
           client,
-          {
-            ...client.getDefaultOptions().hydrate?.queries,
-            ...options?.defaultOptions?.queries,
-            queryKey,
-            queryHash,
-            meta,
-          },
+          queryOptions,
           // Reset fetch status to idle to avoid
           // query being stuck in fetching state upon hydration
           {
@@ -272,13 +293,24 @@ export function hydrate(
         // which will re-use the passed `initialPromise`
         // Note that we need to call these even when data was synchronously
         // available, as we still need to set up the retryer
-        query
-          .fetch(undefined, {
-            // RSC transformed promises are not thenable
-            initialPromise: Promise.resolve(promise).then(deserializeData),
-          })
-          // Avoid unhandled promise rejections
-          .catch(noop)
+
+        const isRejectedThenable =
+          promise &&
+          typeof promise === 'object' &&
+          'status' in promise &&
+          (promise as any).status === 'rejected'
+
+        if (!isRejectedThenable) {
+          query
+            .fetch(undefined, {
+              // RSC transformed promises are not thenable
+              initialPromise: Promise.resolve(promise).then((resolvedData) => {
+                return deserializeData(resolvedData)
+              }),
+            })
+            // Avoid unhandled promise rejections
+            .catch(noop)
+        }
       }
     },
   )