diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts
index 780ca7f97c3..c761e46c0e0 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 
 export interface HttpQueryRequest {
   method: string;
-  query: string;
+  query: Record<string, any>;
   options: GraphQLOptions | Function;
 }