diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-pears-reply.md b/.changeset/thirty-pears-reply.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..783bd8d0c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-pears-reply.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
+'@clerk/shared': patch
+---
+
+Disable retry in queryClient.
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/package.json b/packages/clerk-js/package.json
index d9dba6d50c5..d672736feb3 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "@formkit/auto-animate": "^0.8.2",
     "@stripe/stripe-js": "5.6.0",
     "@swc/helpers": "^0.5.17",
-    "@tanstack/query-core": "5.87.4",
+    "@tanstack/query-core": "catalog:tanstack",
     "@zxcvbn-ts/core": "3.0.4",
     "@zxcvbn-ts/language-common": "3.0.4",
     "alien-signals": "2.0.6",
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts
index da8f4f62bb6..e023d6d9fe8 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ import type {
 } from '@clerk/shared/types';
 import { addClerkPrefix, isAbsoluteUrl, stripScheme } from '@clerk/shared/url';
 import { allSettled, handleValueOrFn, noop } from '@clerk/shared/utils';
-import type { QueryClient } from '@tanstack/query-core';
+import type { QueryClient, QueryClientConfig } from '@tanstack/query-core';
 
 import { debugLogger, initDebugLogger } from '@/utils/debug';
 
@@ -201,6 +201,24 @@ const defaultOptions: ClerkOptions = {
   newSubscriptionRedirectUrl: undefined,
 };
 
+const RQ_CLIENT_TAG = 'clerk-rq-client' as const;
+
+type ClerkRQClient = { __tag: typeof RQ_CLIENT_TAG; client: QueryClient };
+
+const clerkQueryClientConfig: QueryClientConfig = {
+  defaultOptions: {
+    queries: {
+      // use the retry logic that fapiClient uses
+      retry: false,
+      // Note: to refetch onWindowFocus, you need to call `queryClient.mount()`
+      refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+      refetchOnReconnect: false,
+      // the query will refetch on mount if the data is stale
+      refetchOnMount: true,
+    },
+  },
+};
+
 export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
   public static mountComponentRenderer?: MountComponentRenderer;
 
@@ -246,23 +264,12 @@ export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
   #touchThrottledUntil = 0;
   #publicEventBus = createClerkEventBus();
 
-  get __internal_queryClient(): { __tag: 'clerk-rq-client'; client: QueryClient } | undefined {
-    if (!this.#queryClient) {
-      void import('./query-core')
-        .then(module => module.QueryClient)
-        .then(QueryClient => {
-          if (this.#queryClient) {
-            return;
-          }
-          this.#queryClient = new QueryClient();
-          // @ts-expect-error - queryClientStatus is not typed
-          this.#publicEventBus.emit('queryClientStatus', 'ready');
-        });
-    }
+  get __internal_queryClient(): ClerkRQClient | undefined {
+    this.#initQueryClient();
 
     return this.#queryClient
       ? {
-          __tag: 'clerk-rq-client',
+          __tag: RQ_CLIENT_TAG,
           client: this.#queryClient,
         }
       : undefined;
@@ -292,6 +299,25 @@ export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
 
   public __internal_setActiveInProgress = false;
 
+  #initQueryClient = (): void => {
+    if (this.#queryClient) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    void import('./query-core')
+      .then(module => module.QueryClient)
+      .then(QueryClientCtor => {
+        if (this.#queryClient) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        this.#queryClient = new QueryClientCtor(clerkQueryClientConfig);
+
+        // @ts-expect-error - queryClientStatus is not typed
+        this.#publicEventBus.emit('queryClientStatus', 'ready');
+      });
+  };
+
   get publishableKey(): string {
     return this.#publishableKey;
   }
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/test/mock-helpers.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/test/mock-helpers.ts
index d76dea115bb..ea8719cbac5 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/test/mock-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/test/mock-helpers.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ export const mockClerkMethods = (clerk: LoadedClerk): DeepVitestMocked<LoadedCle
           // Setting staleTime to Infinity will not cause issues between tests as long as each test
           // case has its own wrapper that initializes a Clerk instance with a new QueryClient.
           staleTime: Infinity,
+          refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+          refetchOnReconnect: false,
+          refetchOnMount: false,
         },
       },
     }),
diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
index 241bdec42bf..97c31c59789 100644
--- a/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@stripe/react-stripe-js": "3.1.1",
     "@stripe/stripe-js": "5.6.0",
-    "@tanstack/query-core": "5.87.4",
+    "@tanstack/query-core": "catalog:tanstack",
     "@types/glob-to-regexp": "0.4.4",
     "@types/js-cookie": "3.0.6",
     "cross-fetch": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/react/clerk-rq/use-clerk-query-client.ts b/packages/shared/src/react/clerk-rq/use-clerk-query-client.ts
index 1875742240b..e6e9d76556d 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/react/clerk-rq/use-clerk-query-client.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/react/clerk-rq/use-clerk-query-client.ts
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ function createRecursiveProxy(label: string): RecursiveMock {
 
 const mockQueryClient = createRecursiveProxy('ClerkMockQueryClient') as unknown as QueryClient;
 
+type ClerkRQClient = { __tag: 'clerk-rq-client'; client: QueryClient };
+
 const useClerkQueryClient = (): [QueryClient, boolean] => {
   const clerk = useClerkInstanceContext();
 
   // @ts-expect-error - __internal_queryClient is not typed
-  const queryClient = clerk.__internal_queryClient as { __tag: 'clerk-rq-client'; client: QueryClient } | undefined;
+  const queryClient = clerk.__internal_queryClient as ClerkRQClient | undefined;
   const [, setQueryClientLoaded] = useState(
     typeof queryClient === 'object' && '__tag' in queryClient && queryClient.__tag === 'clerk-rq-client',
   );
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b4e64573239..c63ab4d0b00 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ catalogs:
     zx:
       specifier: 8.8.5
       version: 8.8.5
+  tanstack:
+    '@tanstack/query-core':
+      specifier: 5.87.4
+      version: 5.87.4
 
 overrides:
   jest: 29.7.0
@@ -459,7 +463,7 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^0.5.17
         version: 0.5.17
       '@tanstack/query-core':
-        specifier: 5.87.4
+        specifier: catalog:tanstack
         version: 5.87.4
       '@zxcvbn-ts/core':
         specifier: 3.0.4
@@ -939,7 +943,7 @@ importers:
         specifier: 5.6.0
         version: 5.6.0
       '@tanstack/query-core':
-        specifier: 5.87.4
+        specifier: catalog:tanstack
         version: 5.87.4
       '@types/glob-to-regexp':
         specifier: 0.4.4
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 39b6bb4fc0d..30e7ddaf868 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ catalogs:
     react: ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0 || ^19.0.0-0
     react-dom: ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0 || ^19.0.0-0
 
+  # Can be referenced through "catalog:tanstack"
+  tanstack:
+    '@tanstack/query-core': 5.87.4
+
   # Can be referenced through "catalog:repo"
   repo:
     tslib: 2.8.1