diff --git a/.changeset/cruel-colts-show.md b/.changeset/cruel-colts-show.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1c802b7d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cruel-colts-show.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@whatwg-node/promise-helpers': patch
+---
+
+Reuse fake promise Symbol
diff --git a/packages/promise-helpers/src/index.ts b/packages/promise-helpers/src/index.ts
index f6efaa1a896..d70fa1f6b5f 100644
--- a/packages/promise-helpers/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/promise-helpers/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export type MaybePromise<T> = Promise<T> | T;
 export type MaybePromiseLike<T> = PromiseLike<T> | T;
 
-const FAKE_PROMISE_SYMBOL_NAME = '@whatwg-node/promise-helpers/FakePromise';
+const kFakePromise = Symbol.for('@whatwg-node/promise-helpers/FakePromise');
 
 export function isPromise<T>(value: MaybePromise<T>): value is Promise<T>;
 export function isPromise<T>(value: MaybePromiseLike<T>): value is PromiseLike<T>;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function fakePromise<T>(value: MaybePromiseLike<T>): Promise<T> {
     },
     [Symbol.toStringTag]: 'Promise',
     __fakePromiseValue: value,
-    [Symbol.for(FAKE_PROMISE_SYMBOL_NAME)]: 'resolved',
+    [kFakePromise]: 'resolved',
   } as Promise<T>;
 }
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export function fakeRejectPromise<T>(error: unknown): Promise<T> {
     },
     __fakeRejectError: error,
     [Symbol.toStringTag]: 'Promise',
-    [Symbol.for(FAKE_PROMISE_SYMBOL_NAME)]: 'rejected',
+    [kFakePromise]: 'rejected',
   } as Promise<never>;
 }
 
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ function iteratorResult<T>(value: T): IteratorResult<T> {
 }
 
 function isFakePromise<T>(value: any): value is Promise<T> & { __fakePromiseValue: T } {
-  return (value as any)?.[Symbol.for(FAKE_PROMISE_SYMBOL_NAME)] === 'resolved';
+  return (value as any)?.[kFakePromise] === 'resolved';
 }
 
 function isFakeRejectPromise(value: any): value is Promise<never> & { __fakeRejectError: any } {
-  return (value as any)?.[Symbol.for(FAKE_PROMISE_SYMBOL_NAME)] === 'rejected';
+  return (value as any)?.[kFakePromise] === 'rejected';
 }
 
 export function promiseLikeFinally<T>(