diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts
index d14f2c575b..a344eeeab2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function useFetch<
   arg2?: string
 ) {
   const [opts = {}, autoKey] = typeof arg1 === 'string' ? [{}, arg1] : [arg1, arg2]
-  const _key = opts.key || hash([autoKey, unref(opts.baseURL), typeof request === 'string' ? request : '', unref(opts.params)])
+  const _key = opts.key || hash([autoKey, unref(opts.baseURL), typeof request === 'string' ? request : '', unref(opts.params || opts.query)])
   if (!_key || typeof _key !== 'string') {
     throw new TypeError('[nuxt] [useFetch] key must be a string: ' + _key)
   }