diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-store/src/sourceStore.ts b/packages/gatsby-source-store/src/sourceStore.ts
index 4f57f83874..3fc0f874c9 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-store/src/sourceStore.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-store/src/sourceStore.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const sourceStoreType = async ({
         operationName: args.operationName,
         document: parse(args.query),
         variableValues: args.variables,
-        contextValue: contextFactory(),
+        contextValue: contextFactory({}),
         schema,
       })