diff --git a/packages/assets-controller/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/assets-controller/CHANGELOG.md
index d1175291c6a..8244f1a007a 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controller/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/assets-controller/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `AccountsApiDataSource` `forceUpdate` balance fetches now use `staleTime`/`gcTime` of `100`ms (previously `0`/`0`) so bursts of near-simultaneous forced refreshes are de-duplicated by TanStack Query into a single Accounts API request instead of one request per trigger ([#9591](https://github.com/MetaMask/core/pull/9591))
+
 ## [11.1.1]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.test.ts b/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.test.ts
index f01829bf159..120b29a9100 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.test.ts
+++ b/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.test.ts
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ describe('AccountsApiDataSource', () => {
     controller.destroy();
   });
 
-  it('fetch bypasses TanStack cache when forceUpdate is true', async () => {
+  it('uses a short-lived TanStack cache window when forceUpdate is true', async () => {
     const { controller, apiClient } = await setupController();
 
     await controller.fetch(createDataRequest({ forceUpdate: true }));
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ describe('AccountsApiDataSource', () => {
     expect(apiClient.accounts.fetchV5MultiAccountBalances).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       [`eip155:1:${MOCK_ADDRESS}`],
       undefined,
-      { staleTime: 0, gcTime: 0 },
+      { staleTime: 100, gcTime: 100 },
     );
 
     controller.destroy();
diff --git a/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.ts b/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.ts
index 6ac6167b0e4..9ed297f39f6 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.ts
+++ b/packages/assets-controller/src/data-sources/AccountsApiDataSource.ts
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ export class AccountsApiDataSource extends AbstractDataSource<
       }
 
       const fetchOptions = request.forceUpdate
-        ? { staleTime: 0, gcTime: 0 }
+        ? { staleTime: 100, gcTime: 100 }
         : undefined;
 
       // Feature-flagged: v6 endpoint with a fallback to legacy v5. The flag is