diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e70023dd33a..c2c3a0d6e46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Apollo Client 3.5.1 (unreleased)
+- Remove npm from dependencies, and avoid referencing graphql-js enum value <br/> [@brainkim](https://github.com/brainkim) in [#9030](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/pull/9030)
+
 ## Apollo Client 3.5.0 (2021-11-08)
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d9948f5e44..c609e9a26ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     "@wry/trie": "^0.3.0",
     "graphql-tag": "^2.12.3",
     "hoist-non-react-statics": "^3.3.2",
-    "npm": "^7.24.2",
     "optimism": "^0.16.1",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "symbol-observable": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/src/utilities/graphql/fragments.ts b/src/utilities/graphql/fragments.ts
index 92f1b4a1188..5c0ad42b8b9 100644
--- a/src/utilities/graphql/fragments.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/graphql/fragments.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import {
   FragmentDefinitionNode,
   InlineFragmentNode,
   SelectionNode,
-  OperationTypeNode,
 } from 'graphql';
 
 // TODO(brian): A hack until this issue is resolved (https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/issues/3356)
 type Kind = any;
+type OperationTypeNode = any;
 /**
  * Returns a query document which adds a single query operation that only
  * spreads the target fragment inside of it.