diff --git a/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/persisted-queries.test.ts b/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/persisted-queries.test.ts
index 37fc4c9c476..a36ac5f1f05 100644
--- a/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/persisted-queries.test.ts
+++ b/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/persisted-queries.test.ts
@@ -563,11 +563,11 @@ describe("failure path", () => {
 
         const fetcher = (...args: any[]) => {
           if (++requestCount % 2) {
-            return Promise.resolve({
-              json: () => Promise.resolve(errorResponseWithCode),
-              text: () => Promise.resolve(errorResponseWithCode),
-              status,
-            });
+            return Promise.resolve(
+              new Response(errorResponseWithCode, {
+                status,
+              })
+            );
           }
           return global.fetch.apply(null, args);
         };
@@ -617,11 +617,7 @@ describe("failure path", () => {
       const fetcher = (...args: any[]) => {
         if (!failed) {
           failed = true;
-          return Promise.resolve({
-            json: () => Promise.resolve("This will blow up"),
-            text: () => Promise.resolve("THIS WILL BLOW UP"),
-            status,
-          });
+          return Promise.resolve(new Response("THIS WILL BLOW UP", { status }));
         }
         return global.fetch.apply(null, args);
       };
@@ -656,11 +652,7 @@ describe("failure path", () => {
         const fetcher = (...args: any[]) => {
           if (!failed) {
             failed = true;
-            return Promise.resolve({
-              json: () => Promise.resolve(errorResponse),
-              text: () => Promise.resolve(errorResponse),
-              status,
-            });
+            return Promise.resolve(new Response(errorResponse, { status }));
           }
           return global.fetch.apply(null, args);
         };