diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router.tsx b/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router.tsx
index 13c6811c20017..d66dc65eb2f13 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/app-router.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import {
   PrefetchKind,
 } from './router-reducer/router-reducer-types'
 import type {
-  PushRef,
+  AppRouterState,
   ReducerActions,
   RouterChangeByServerResponse,
   RouterNavigate,
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
 import {
   useReducerWithReduxDevtools,
   useUnwrapState,
+  type ReduxDevtoolsSyncFn,
 } from './use-reducer-with-devtools'
 import { ErrorBoundary } from './error-boundary'
 import { createInitialRouterState } from './router-reducer/create-initial-router-state'
@@ -110,17 +111,14 @@ function isExternalURL(url: URL) {
 }
 
 function HistoryUpdater({
-  tree,
-  pushRef,
-  canonicalUrl,
+  appRouterState,
   sync,
 }: {
-  tree: FlightRouterState
-  pushRef: PushRef
-  canonicalUrl: string
-  sync: () => void
+  appRouterState: AppRouterState
+  sync: ReduxDevtoolsSyncFn
 }) {
   useInsertionEffect(() => {
+    const { tree, pushRef, canonicalUrl } = appRouterState
     const historyState = {
       ...(process.env.__NEXT_WINDOW_HISTORY_SUPPORT &&
       pushRef.preserveCustomHistoryState
@@ -148,8 +146,8 @@ function HistoryUpdater({
         originalReplaceState(historyState, '', canonicalUrl)
       }
     }
-    sync()
-  }, [tree, pushRef, canonicalUrl, sync])
+    sync(appRouterState)
+  }, [appRouterState, sync])
   return null
 }
 
@@ -589,9 +587,7 @@ function Router({
   return (
     <>
       <HistoryUpdater
-        tree={tree}
-        pushRef={pushRef}
-        canonicalUrl={canonicalUrl}
+        appRouterState={useUnwrapState(reducerState)}
         sync={sync}
       />
       <PathnameContext.Provider value={pathname}>
diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/use-reducer-with-devtools.ts b/packages/next/src/client/components/use-reducer-with-devtools.ts
index 1db2769684db3..dd75194c63a3b 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/use-reducer-with-devtools.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/use-reducer-with-devtools.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import {
 } from './router-reducer/router-reducer-types'
 import { ActionQueueContext } from '../../shared/lib/router/action-queue'
 
+export type ReduxDevtoolsSyncFn = (state: AppRouterState) => void
+
 function normalizeRouterState(val: any): any {
   if (val instanceof Map) {
     const obj: { [key: string]: any } = {}
@@ -86,13 +88,13 @@ export function useUnwrapState(state: ReducerState): AppRouterState {
 
 function useReducerWithReduxDevtoolsNoop(
   initialState: AppRouterState
-): [ReducerState, Dispatch<ReducerActions>, () => void] {
+): [ReducerState, Dispatch<ReducerActions>, ReduxDevtoolsSyncFn] {
   return [initialState, () => {}, () => {}]
 }
 
 function useReducerWithReduxDevtoolsImpl(
   initialState: AppRouterState
-): [ReducerState, Dispatch<ReducerActions>, () => void] {
+): [ReducerState, Dispatch<ReducerActions>, ReduxDevtoolsSyncFn] {
   const [state, setState] = React.useState<ReducerState>(initialState)
 
   const actionQueue = useContext(ActionQueueContext)
@@ -149,14 +151,20 @@ function useReducerWithReduxDevtoolsImpl(
     [actionQueue, initialState]
   )
 
-  const sync = useCallback(() => {
+  // Sync is called after a state update in the HistoryUpdater,
+  // for debugging purposes. Since the reducer state may be a Promise,
+  // we let the app router use() it and sync on the resolved value if
+  // something changed.
+  // Using the `state` here would be referentially unstable and cause
+  // undesirable re-renders and history updates.
+  const sync = useCallback<ReduxDevtoolsSyncFn>((resolvedState) => {
     if (devtoolsConnectionRef.current) {
       devtoolsConnectionRef.current.send(
         { type: 'RENDER_SYNC' },
-        normalizeRouterState(state)
+        normalizeRouterState(resolvedState)
       )
     }
-  }, [state])
+  }, [])
 
   return [state, dispatch, sync]
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/app/search-params/shallow/other/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/app/search-params/shallow/other/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..642a064d8fb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/app/search-params/shallow/other/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import React from 'react'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return <p>Prefetch target page</p>
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/app/search-params/shallow/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/app/search-params/shallow/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9f012b0ffc2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/app/search-params/shallow/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+'use client'
+
+import React from 'react'
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  const setShallowSearchParams = React.useCallback(() => {
+    // Maintain history state, but set a shallow search param
+    history.replaceState(history.state, '', '?foo=bar')
+  }, [])
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button onClick={setShallowSearchParams}>Click me first</button>
+      <Link href="/search-params/shallow/other" prefetch>
+        Then hover me
+      </Link>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/navigation.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/navigation.test.ts
index 4bf3238bb5308..4a568331ca0f6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/navigation.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/navigation/navigation.test.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ createNextDescribe(
         }, 'success')
       })
 
+      it('should not reset shallow url updates on prefetch', async () => {
+        const browser = await next.browser('/search-params/shallow')
+        const button = await browser.elementByCss('button')
+        await button.click()
+        expect(await browser.url()).toMatch(/\?foo=bar$/)
+        const link = await browser.elementByCss('a')
+        await link.hover()
+        // Hovering a prefetch link should keep the URL intact
+        expect(await browser.url()).toMatch(/\?foo=bar$/)
+      })
+
       describe('useParams identity between renders', () => {
         async function runTests(page: string) {
           const browser = await next.browser(page)