diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-test.ts b/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-test.ts
index 7d17811515..c6c619be42 100644
--- a/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-test.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-test.ts
@@ -879,10 +879,10 @@ describe('Type System: build schema from introspection', () => {
   });
 
   describe('very deep decorators are not supported', () => {
-    it('fails on very deep (> 7 levels) lists', () => {
+    it('fails on very deep (> 8 levels) lists', () => {
       const schema = buildSchema(`
         type Query {
-          foo: [[[[[[[[String]]]]]]]]
+          foo: [[[[[[[[[[String]]]]]]]]]]
         }
       `);
 
@@ -892,10 +892,10 @@ describe('Type System: build schema from introspection', () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it('fails on a very deep (> 7 levels) non-null', () => {
+    it('fails on a very deep (> 8 levels) non-null', () => {
       const schema = buildSchema(`
         type Query {
-          foo: [[[[String!]!]!]!]
+          foo: [[[[[String!]!]!]!]!]
         }
       `);
 
@@ -905,11 +905,11 @@ describe('Type System: build schema from introspection', () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it('succeeds on deep (<= 7 levels) types', () => {
-      // e.g., fully non-null 3D matrix
+    it('succeeds on deep (<= 8 levels) types', () => {
+      // e.g., fully non-null 4D matrix
       const sdl = dedent`
         type Query {
-          foo: [[[String!]!]!]!
+          foo: [[[[String!]!]!]!]!
         }
       `;
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/getIntrospectionQuery.ts b/src/utilities/getIntrospectionQuery.ts
index c21fe9a1bb..b58fb083e4 100644
--- a/src/utilities/getIntrospectionQuery.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/getIntrospectionQuery.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ export function getIntrospectionQuery(options?: IntrospectionOptions): string {
                   ofType {
                     kind
                     name
+                    ofType {
+                      kind
+                      name
+                      ofType {
+                        kind
+                        name
+                      }
+                    }
                   }
                 }
               }