diff --git a/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/utils.test.tsx b/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/utils.test.tsx
index 1b102b40d3..7e72376b35 100644
--- a/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/utils.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/query-core/src/__tests__/utils.test.tsx
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ describe('core/utils', () => {
   describe('keepPreviousData', () => {
     it('should return the parameter as is', () => {
       const x = { a: 1, b: 2 }
-      expect(keepPreviousData(x)).toEqual(x)
+      expect(keepPreviousData(x)).toBe(x)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/vue-query/src/__tests__/mutationOptions.test.ts b/packages/vue-query/src/__tests__/mutationOptions.test.ts
index c58bc8e715..8c0d424caf 100644
--- a/packages/vue-query/src/__tests__/mutationOptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-query/src/__tests__/mutationOptions.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('mutationOptions', () => {
       mutationFn: () => sleep(10).then(() => 5),
     } as const
 
-    expect(mutationOptions(object)).toStrictEqual(object)
+    expect(mutationOptions(object)).toBe(object)
   })
 
   it('should return the object received as a parameter without any modification (without mutationKey in mutationOptions)', () => {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('mutationOptions', () => {
       mutationFn: () => sleep(10).then(() => 5),
     } as const
 
-    expect(mutationOptions(object)).toStrictEqual(object)
+    expect(mutationOptions(object)).toBe(object)
   })
 
   it('should return the getter received as a parameter without any modification (with mutationKey in mutationOptions)', () => {