diff --git a/packages/core/src/url.ts b/packages/core/src/url.ts
index ea9f5dd6c..fd281bebc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/url.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/url.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function mergeDataIntoQueryString<T extends RequestPayload>(
   const url = new URL(href.toString(), typeof window === 'undefined' ? 'http://localhost' : window.location.toString())
 
   if (hasDataForQueryString) {
-    const parseOptions = { ignoreQueryPrefix: true, parseArrays: false }
+    const parseOptions = { ignoreQueryPrefix: true, arrayLimit: 0 }
     url.search = qs.stringify(
       { ...qs.parse(url.search, parseOptions), ...data },
       {
diff --git a/tests/core/url.test.ts b/tests/core/url.test.ts
index 46590dbc9..e8129a67e 100644
--- a/tests/core/url.test.ts
+++ b/tests/core/url.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,27 @@ test.describe('url.ts', () => {
         expect(data).toEqual({})
       })
 
+      test('merges new data into an existing query string with array values', () => {
+        const [href, data] = mergeDataIntoQueryString('get', '/search?frameworks[]=react&frameworks[]=vue', {
+          q: 'bar',
+        })
+
+        expect(href).toBe('/search?frameworks[]=react&frameworks[]=vue&q=bar')
+        expect(data).toEqual({})
+      })
+
+      test('merges new data into an existing query string with array values using index notation', () => {
+        const [href, data] = mergeDataIntoQueryString(
+          'get',
+          '/search?frameworks[0]=react&frameworks[1]=vue',
+          { q: 'bar' },
+          'indices',
+        )
+
+        expect(href).toBe('/search?frameworks[0]=react&frameworks[1]=vue&q=bar')
+        expect(data).toEqual({})
+      })
+
       test('overwrites existing keys in the query string when they also exist in the data', () => {
         const [href, data] = mergeDataIntoQueryString('get', '/search?q=old', { q: 'new' })