diff --git a/test/helpers/NextRESTClient.ts b/test/helpers/NextRESTClient.ts
index 723e8abb2..26a6a4974 100644
--- a/test/helpers/NextRESTClient.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/NextRESTClient.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Where } from 'payload/types'
+import type { ParsedQs } from 'qs'
 
 import QueryString from 'qs'
 
@@ -22,13 +23,16 @@ type RequestQuery = {
   }
 }
 
-function generateQueryString(query: RequestQuery['query']): string {
+function generateQueryString(query: RequestQuery['query'], params: ParsedQs): string {
+  const { where, limit, page, sort, ...rest } = params || {}
+  const whereFilter = query?.where || where
   return QueryString.stringify(
     {
-      ...(query?.where ? { where: query.where } : {}),
-      limit: query?.limit,
-      page: query?.page,
-      sort: query?.sort,
+      ...(rest || {}),
+      ...(whereFilter ? { where: whereFilter } : {}),
+      limit: query?.limit || limit || undefined,
+      page: query?.page || page || undefined,
+      sort: query?.sort || sort || undefined,
     },
     {
       addQueryPrefix: true,
@@ -61,25 +65,27 @@ export class NextRESTClient {
     this._GRAPHQL_POST = createGraphqlPOST(config)
   }
 
-  private generateRequestParts(path: string): {
+  private generateRequestParts(path: ValidPath): {
+    params?: ParsedQs
     slug: string[]
     url: string
   } {
-    const safePath = path.slice(1)
-    const slug = safePath.split('/')
-    const url = `${this.serverURL}${this.config.routes.api}/${safePath}`
+    const [slugs, params] = path.slice(1).split('?')
+    const url = `${this.serverURL}${this.config.routes.api}/${slugs}`
+
     return {
       url,
-      slug,
+      slug: slugs.split('/'),
+      params: params ? QueryString.parse(params) : undefined,
     }
   }
 
   async DELETE(path: ValidPath, options: RequestInit & RequestQuery = {}): Promise<Response> {
-    const { url, slug } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
+    const { url, slug, params } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
     const { query, ...rest } = options || {}
-    const whereQuery = generateQueryString(query)
+    const queryParams = generateQueryString(query, params)
 
-    const request = new Request(`${url}${whereQuery}`, {
+    const request = new Request(`${url}${queryParams}`, {
       ...rest,
       method: 'DELETE',
       headers: {
@@ -94,11 +100,11 @@ export class NextRESTClient {
     path: ValidPath,
     options: Omit<RequestInit, 'body'> & RequestQuery = {},
   ): Promise<Response> {
-    const { url, slug } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
+    const { url, slug, params } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
     const { query, ...rest } = options || {}
-    const whereQuery = generateQueryString(query)
+    const queryParams = generateQueryString(query, params)
 
-    const request = new Request(`${url}${whereQuery}`, {
+    const request = new Request(`${url}${queryParams}`, {
       ...rest,
       method: 'GET',
       headers: new Headers({
@@ -125,11 +131,11 @@ export class NextRESTClient {
   }
 
   async PATCH(path: ValidPath, options: RequestInit & RequestQuery): Promise<Response> {
-    const { url, slug } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
+    const { url, slug, params } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
     const { query, ...rest } = options
-    const whereQuery = generateQueryString(query)
+    const queryParams = generateQueryString(query, params)
 
-    const request = new Request(`${url}${whereQuery}`, {
+    const request = new Request(`${url}${queryParams}`, {
       ...rest,
       method: 'PATCH',
       headers: new Headers({
@@ -141,9 +147,10 @@ export class NextRESTClient {
   }
 
   async POST(path: ValidPath, options: RequestInit = {}): Promise<Response> {
-    const { url, slug } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
+    const { url, slug, params } = this.generateRequestParts(path)
+    const queryParams = generateQueryString({}, params)
 
-    const request = new Request(url, {
+    const request = new Request(`${url}${queryParams}`, {
       ...options,
       method: 'POST',
       headers: new Headers({
diff --git a/test/hooks/collections/ContextHooks/index.ts b/test/hooks/collections/ContextHooks/index.ts
index 949960fe0..3b9be3e88 100644
--- a/test/hooks/collections/ContextHooks/index.ts
+++ b/test/hooks/collections/ContextHooks/index.ts
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ const ContextHooks: CollectionConfig = {
   },
   hooks: {
     beforeOperation: [
-      async ({ context, args }) => {
+      ({ context, args }) => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
         const req: PayloadRequest = args.req
 
-        if (!req.query || !Object.keys(req.query).length) {
+        if (req.searchParams.size === 0) {
           return args
         }
 
-        Object.keys(req.query).forEach((key) => {
+        req.searchParams.forEach((value, key) => {
           if (key.startsWith('context_')) {
             // Strip 'context_' from key, add it to context object and remove it from query params
             const newKey = key.substring('context_'.length)
-            context[newKey] = req.query[key]
-            delete req.query[key]
+            context[newKey] = value
+            req.searchParams.delete(key)
           }
         })
 
diff --git a/test/hooks/int.spec.ts b/test/hooks/int.spec.ts
index 3954d22b4..dd4a1dd2b 100644
--- a/test/hooks/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/hooks/int.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import type { Payload } from '../../packages/payload/src'
 import type { NestedAfterReadHook } from './payload-types'
 
-import payload from '../../packages/payload/src'
+import { getPayload } from '../../packages/payload/src'
 import { AuthenticationError } from '../../packages/payload/src/errors'
 import { devUser, regularUser } from '../credentials'
-import { initPayloadTest } from '../helpers/configHelpers'
+import { NextRESTClient } from '../helpers/NextRESTClient'
+import { startMemoryDB } from '../startMemoryDB'
 import { afterOperationSlug } from './collections/AfterOperation'
 import { chainingHooksSlug } from './collections/ChainingHooks'
 import { contextHooksSlug } from './collections/ContextHooks'
@@ -16,15 +18,17 @@ import {
 import { relationsSlug } from './collections/Relations'
 import { transformSlug } from './collections/Transform'
 import { hooksUsersSlug } from './collections/Users'
-import { HooksConfig } from './config'
+import configPromise, { HooksConfig } from './config'
 import { dataHooksGlobalSlug } from './globals/Data'
 
-let apiUrl
+let restClient: NextRESTClient
+let payload: Payload
 
 describe('Hooks', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
-    const { serverURL } = await initPayloadTest({ __dirname, init: { local: false } })
-    apiUrl = `${serverURL}/api`
+    const config = await startMemoryDB(configPromise)
+    payload = await getPayload({ config })
+    restClient = new NextRESTClient(payload.config)
   })
 
   afterAll(async () => {
@@ -268,18 +272,17 @@ describe('Hooks', () => {
         context_secretValue: 'data from rest API',
       })
       // send context as query params. It will be parsed by the beforeOperation hook
-      const response = await fetch(`${apiUrl}/${contextHooksSlug}?${params.toString()}`, {
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          value: 'wrongvalue',
-        }),
-        method: 'post',
-      })
-
-      const document = (await response.json()).doc
+      const { doc } = await restClient
+        .POST(`/${contextHooksSlug}?${params.toString()}`, {
+          body: JSON.stringify({
+            value: 'wrongvalue',
+          }),
+        })
+        .then((res) => res.json())
 
       const retrievedDoc = await payload.findByID({
         collection: contextHooksSlug,
-        id: document.id,
+        id: doc.id,
       })
 
       expect(retrievedDoc.value).toEqual('data from rest API')