diff --git a/packages/toolkit/package.json b/packages/toolkit/package.json
index ca8e34bf82..0a925d106e 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/package.json
+++ b/packages/toolkit/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@microsoft/api-extractor": "^7.13.2",
+    "@phryneas/ts-version": "^1.0.2",
     "@size-limit/preset-small-lib": "^4.11.0",
     "@testing-library/react": "^13.3.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.1.5",
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/tests/createAsyncThunk.typetest.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/tests/createAsyncThunk.typetest.ts
index 2bfc8c058e..dee99554ec 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/tests/createAsyncThunk.typetest.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/tests/createAsyncThunk.typetest.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type {
   AsyncThunkFulfilledActionCreator,
   AsyncThunkRejectedActionCreator,
 } from '@internal/createAsyncThunk'
+import type { TSVersion } from '@phryneas/ts-version'
 
 const ANY = {} as any
 const defaultDispatch = (() => {}) as ThunkDispatch<{}, any, AnyAction>
@@ -287,8 +288,22 @@ const anyAction = { type: 'foo' } as AnyAction
   // in that case, we have to forbid this behaviour or it will make arguments optional everywhere
   {
     const asyncThunk = createAsyncThunk('test', (arg?: number) => 0)
-    expectType<(arg?: number) => any>(asyncThunk)
-    asyncThunk()
+
+    // Per https://github.com/reduxjs/redux-toolkit/issues/3758#issuecomment-1742152774 , this is a bug in
+    // TS 5.1 and 5.2, that is fixed in 5.3. Conditionally run the TS assertion here.
+    type IsTS51Or52 = TSVersion.Major extends 5
+      ? TSVersion.Minor extends 1 | 2
+        ? true
+        : false
+      : false
+
+    type expectedType = IsTS51Or52 extends true
+      ? (arg: number) => any
+      : (arg?: number) => any
+    expectType<expectedType>(asyncThunk)
+    // We _should_ be able to call this with no arguments, but we run into that error in 5.1 and 5.2.
+    // Disabling this for now.
+    // asyncThunk()
     asyncThunk(5)
     // @ts-expect-error
     asyncThunk('string')
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 633251fb06..591e946ccb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6421,6 +6421,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@phryneas/ts-version@npm:^1.0.2":
+  version: 1.0.2
+  resolution: "@phryneas/ts-version@npm:1.0.2"
+  checksum: d51914a8ea35ff8b686a9379b9e9fe6d5b5feaf2e7511b880d2835015736e33bc82952bbc369918f251d4a755f32f4a9c4a34b0ec4dfdbc3e87a41d26401105c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin@npm:^0.5.3":
   version: 0.5.7
   resolution: "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin@npm:0.5.7"
@@ -6554,6 +6561,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@reduxjs/toolkit@workspace:packages/toolkit"
   dependencies:
     "@microsoft/api-extractor": ^7.13.2
+    "@phryneas/ts-version": ^1.0.2
     "@size-limit/preset-small-lib": ^4.11.0
     "@testing-library/react": ^13.3.0
     "@testing-library/user-event": ^13.1.5