diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a0fcaf4c..94a3eac1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 NEW FEATURES:
 * Add support for listing Consul peers [NET-6966](https://hashicorp.atlassian.net/browse/NET-6966)
 
+BUG FIXES:
+* Fetch services query not overriding opts correctly [NET-7571](https://hashicorp.atlassian.net/browse/NET-7571)
+
 ## v0.36.0 (January 3, 2024)
 
 IMPROVEMENTS:
diff --git a/dependency/catalog_services.go b/dependency/catalog_services.go
index af62e2c1c..c4376b8c3 100644
--- a/dependency/catalog_services.go
+++ b/dependency/catalog_services.go
@@ -71,11 +71,17 @@ func (d *CatalogServicesQuery) Fetch(clients *ClientSet, opts *QueryOptions) (in
 	default:
 	}
 
-	opts = opts.Merge(&QueryOptions{
+	// this overrides the query params present in the query with ones present while creating the query
+	// see bug [https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template/pull/1842#issuecomment-1915723565]
+	// default to the query params present while creating NewCatalogServicesQuery
+	// and then merge with the query params present in the query
+	defaultOpts := &QueryOptions{
 		Datacenter:      d.dc,
 		ConsulPartition: d.partition,
 		ConsulNamespace: d.namespace,
-	})
+	}
+
+	opts = defaultOpts.Merge(opts)
 
 	log.Printf("[TRACE] %s: GET %s", d, &url.URL{
 		Path:     "/v1/catalog/services",
diff --git a/dependency/catalog_services_test.go b/dependency/catalog_services_test.go
index 928601e8c..d37376569 100644
--- a/dependency/catalog_services_test.go
+++ b/dependency/catalog_services_test.go
@@ -100,11 +100,14 @@ func TestCatalogServicesQuery_Fetch(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name string
 		i    string
+		opts *QueryOptions
 		exp  []*CatalogSnippet
+		err  bool
 	}{
 		{
 			"all",
 			"",
+			nil,
 			[]*CatalogSnippet{
 				{
 					Name: "consul",
@@ -123,21 +126,27 @@ func TestCatalogServicesQuery_Fetch(t *testing.T) {
 					Tags: ServiceTags([]string{}),
 				},
 			},
+			false,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%s", i, tc.name), func(t *testing.T) {
+
 			d, err := NewCatalogServicesQuery(tc.i)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
-			act, _, err := d.Fetch(testClients, nil)
-			if err != nil {
+			act, _, err := d.Fetch(testClients, tc.opts)
+			if (err != nil) != tc.err {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
+			if act == nil && tc.err {
+				return
+			}
+
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.exp, act)
 		})
 	}