diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5486079d76..d18385c584 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         node: ['20.x']
-        ts: ['4.7', '4.8', '4.9', '5.0', '5.1', '5.2', '5.3', '5.4', '5.5']
+        ts: ['5.0', '5.1', '5.2', '5.3', '5.4', '5.5']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/docs/rtk-query/usage/customizing-queries.mdx b/docs/rtk-query/usage/customizing-queries.mdx
index 092f990687..d3f716df0d 100644
--- a/docs/rtk-query/usage/customizing-queries.mdx
+++ b/docs/rtk-query/usage/customizing-queries.mdx
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ const staggeredBaseQueryWithBailOut = retry(
     // bail out of re-tries immediately if unauthorized,
     // because we know successive re-retries would be redundant
     if (result.error?.status === 401) {
-      retry.fail(result.error)
+      retry.fail(result.error, result.meta)
     }
 
     return result
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/retry.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/retry.ts
index 05ab05dd01..3947dd4acd 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/retry.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/retry.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
   BaseQueryError,
   BaseQueryExtraOptions,
   BaseQueryFn,
+  BaseQueryMeta,
 } from './baseQueryTypes'
 import type { FetchBaseQueryError } from './fetchBaseQuery'
 import { HandledError } from './HandledError'
@@ -64,8 +65,11 @@ export type RetryOptions = {
     }
 )
 
-function fail(e: any): never {
-  throw Object.assign(new HandledError({ error: e }), {
+function fail<BaseQuery extends BaseQueryFn = BaseQueryFn>(
+  error: BaseQueryError<BaseQuery>,
+  meta?: BaseQueryMeta<BaseQuery>,
+): never {
+  throw Object.assign(new HandledError({ error, meta }), {
     throwImmediately: true,
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/retry.test-d.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/retry.test-d.ts
index 26a9eb210f..ef8aee5f7f 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/retry.test-d.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/retry.test-d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { RetryOptions } from '@internal/query/retry'
+import { retry, type RetryOptions } from '@internal/query/retry'
+import {
+  fetchBaseQuery,
+  type FetchBaseQueryError,
+  type FetchBaseQueryMeta,
+} from '@internal/query/fetchBaseQuery'
 
 describe('type tests', () => {
   test('RetryOptions only accepts one of maxRetries or retryCondition', () => {
@@ -14,6 +19,28 @@ describe('type tests', () => {
       retryCondition: () => false,
     }).not.toMatchTypeOf<RetryOptions>()
   })
-})
+  test('fail can be pretyped to only accept correct error and meta', () => {
+    expectTypeOf(retry.fail).parameter(0).toEqualTypeOf<unknown>()
+    expectTypeOf(retry.fail).parameter(1).toEqualTypeOf<{} | undefined>()
+    expectTypeOf(retry.fail).toBeCallableWith('Literally anything', {})
+
+    const myBaseQuery = fetchBaseQuery()
+    const typedFail = retry.fail<typeof myBaseQuery>
+
+    expectTypeOf(typedFail).parameter(0).toMatchTypeOf<FetchBaseQueryError>()
+    expectTypeOf(typedFail)
+      .parameter(1)
+      .toMatchTypeOf<FetchBaseQueryMeta | undefined>()
 
-export {}
+    expectTypeOf(typedFail).toBeCallableWith(
+      {
+        status: 401,
+        data: 'Unauthorized',
+      },
+      { request: new Request('http://localhost') },
+    )
+
+    expectTypeOf(typedFail).parameter(0).not.toMatchTypeOf<string>()
+    expectTypeOf(typedFail).parameter(1).not.toMatchTypeOf<{}>()
+  })
+})