diff --git a/.changeset/warm-trainers-shout.md b/.changeset/warm-trainers-shout.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e7b9795b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/warm-trainers-shout.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/visitor-plugin-common': patch
+'@graphql-codegen/typescript-operations': patch
+---
+
+Fix issue where selection set flattening uses the wrong parent type
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-to-object.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-to-object.ts
index 74e3d588080..95141f6e198 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-to-object.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-to-object.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ export class SelectionSetToObject<Config extends ParsedDocumentsConfig = ParsedD
   }
 
   protected flattenSelectionSet(
-    selections: ReadonlyArray<SelectionNode>
+    selections: ReadonlyArray<SelectionNode>,
+    parentSchemaType?: GraphQLObjectType<any, any>
   ): Map<string, Array<SelectionNode | FragmentSpreadUsage>> {
     const selectionNodesByTypeName = new Map<string, Array<SelectionNode | FragmentSpreadUsage>>();
     const inlineFragmentSelections: InlineFragmentNode[] = [];
@@ -270,10 +271,16 @@ export class SelectionSetToObject<Config extends ParsedDocumentsConfig = ParsedD
     }
 
     if (fieldNodes.length) {
-      inlineFragmentSelections.push(this._createInlineFragmentForFieldNodes(this._parentSchemaType, fieldNodes));
+      inlineFragmentSelections.push(
+        this._createInlineFragmentForFieldNodes(parentSchemaType ?? this._parentSchemaType, fieldNodes)
+      );
     }
 
-    this._collectInlineFragments(this._parentSchemaType, inlineFragmentSelections, selectionNodesByTypeName);
+    this._collectInlineFragments(
+      parentSchemaType ?? this._parentSchemaType,
+      inlineFragmentSelections,
+      selectionNodesByTypeName
+    );
     const fragmentsUsage = this.buildFragmentSpreadsUsage(fragmentSpreads);
 
     for (const [typeName, records] of Object.entries(fragmentsUsage)) {
@@ -513,7 +520,7 @@ export class SelectionSetToObject<Config extends ParsedDocumentsConfig = ParsedD
           fragmentType.getTypes().find(objectType => objectType.name === parentSchemaType.name))
       ) {
         // also process fields from fragment that apply for this parentType
-        const flatten = this.flattenSelectionSet(selectionNode.selectionNodes);
+        const flatten = this.flattenSelectionSet(selectionNode.selectionNodes, parentSchemaType);
         const typeNodes = flatten.get(parentSchemaType.name) ?? [];
         selectionNodes.push(...typeNodes);
         for (const iinterface of parentSchemaType.getInterfaces()) {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/__snapshots__/ts-documents.spec.ts.snap b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/__snapshots__/ts-documents.spec.ts.snap
index f6d1c1dbf7c..440ac880f0f 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/__snapshots__/ts-documents.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/__snapshots__/ts-documents.spec.ts.snap
@@ -133,6 +133,20 @@ function test(q: QQuery) {
     }"
 `;
 
+exports[`TypeScript Operations Plugin Issues #6874 - generates types when parent type differs from spread fragment member types and preResolveTypes=true 1`] = `
+"export type SnakeQueryQueryVariables = Exact<{ [key: string]: never; }>;
+
+
+export type SnakeQueryQuery = { __typename?: 'Query', snake: { __typename?: 'Snake', name: string, features: { __typename?: 'SnakeFeatures', color: string, length: number } } | { __typename?: 'Error' } };
+
+type AnimalFragment_Bat_Fragment = { __typename?: 'Bat', features: { __typename?: 'BatFeatures', color: string, wingspan: number } };
+
+type AnimalFragment_Snake_Fragment = { __typename?: 'Snake', features: { __typename?: 'SnakeFeatures', color: string, length: number } };
+
+export type AnimalFragmentFragment = AnimalFragment_Bat_Fragment | AnimalFragment_Snake_Fragment;
+"
+`;
+
 exports[`TypeScript Operations Plugin Selection Set Should generate the correct __typename when using both inline fragment and spread over type 1`] = `
 "export type UserQueryQueryVariables = Exact<{ [key: string]: never; }>;
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts
index 3a5ab87b87a..17982fb9f5f 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts
@@ -5881,6 +5881,70 @@ function test(q: GetEntityBrandDataQuery): void {
         "
       `);
     });
+
+    it('#6874 - generates types when parent type differs from spread fragment member types and preResolveTypes=true', async () => {
+      const testSchema = buildSchema(/* GraphQL */ `
+        interface Animal {
+          name: String!
+        }
+        type Bat implements Animal {
+          name: String!
+          features: BatFeatures!
+        }
+        type BatFeatures {
+          color: String!
+          wingspan: Int!
+        }
+        type Snake implements Animal {
+          name: String!
+          features: SnakeFeatures!
+        }
+        type SnakeFeatures {
+          color: String!
+          length: Int!
+        }
+        type Error {
+          message: String!
+        }
+        union SnakeResult = Snake | Error
+        type Query {
+          snake: SnakeResult!
+        }
+      `);
+
+      const query = parse(/* GraphQL */ `
+        query SnakeQuery {
+          snake {
+            ... on Snake {
+              name
+              ...AnimalFragment
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        fragment AnimalFragment on Animal {
+          ... on Bat {
+            features {
+              color
+              wingspan
+            }
+          }
+          ... on Snake {
+            features {
+              color
+              length
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      `);
+
+      const config = { preResolveTypes: true };
+
+      const { content } = await plugin(testSchema, [{ location: '', document: query }], config, {
+        outputFile: 'graphql.ts',
+      });
+
+      expect(content).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('conditional directives handling', () => {