diff --git a/packages/router-core/src/router.ts b/packages/router-core/src/router.ts
index df9251a739..037072ad58 100644
--- a/packages/router-core/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/router-core/src/router.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   last,
   nullReplaceEqualDeep,
   replaceEqualDeep,
+  safeStringify,
 } from './utils'
 import {
   buildRouteBranch,
@@ -1535,7 +1536,7 @@ export class RouterCore<
           search: preMatchSearch,
         }) ?? ''
 
-      const loaderDepsHash = loaderDeps ? JSON.stringify(loaderDeps) : ''
+      const loaderDepsHash = loaderDeps ? safeStringify(loaderDeps) : ''
 
       const { interpolatedPath, usedParams } = interpolatePath({
         path: route.fullPath,
diff --git a/packages/router-core/src/utils.ts b/packages/router-core/src/utils.ts
index 91011bfa7f..f2abf80e86 100644
--- a/packages/router-core/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/router-core/src/utils.ts
@@ -725,3 +725,53 @@ export function arraysEqual<T>(a: Array<T>, b: Array<T>) {
   }
   return true
 }
+
+/**
+ * Safely stringify a value for use as a hash key, handling types that
+ * JSON.stringify cannot serialize (bigint, Set, Map, circular refs, etc.).
+ *
+ * - bigint → string representation (e.g. "123n")
+ * - Set/Map → sorted array / entries array
+ * - undefined → empty string
+ * - Circular references → detected and replaced with "[Circular]"
+ * - Functions/Symbols → replaced with "[Function]" / "[Symbol]"
+ */
+export function safeStringify(value: unknown): string {
+  const seen = new WeakSet<object>()
+
+  function serialize(val: unknown): any {
+    if (val === null) return null
+    if (val === undefined) return ''
+
+    if (typeof val === 'bigint') return val.toString() + 'n'
+    if (typeof val === 'symbol') return val.description ?? '[Symbol]'
+    if (typeof val === 'function') return '[Function]'
+
+    if (typeof val === 'object') {
+      if (seen.has(val as object)) return '[Circular]'
+      seen.add(val as object)
+
+      if (val instanceof Set) {
+        return Array.from(val).map(serialize)
+      }
+      if (val instanceof Map) {
+        return Array.from(val.entries()).map(([k, v]) => [
+          serialize(k),
+          serialize(v),
+        ])
+      }
+      if (val instanceof Date) return val.toISOString()
+      if (Array.isArray(val)) return val.map(serialize)
+
+      const obj: Record<string, any> = {}
+      for (const key of Object.keys(val as object).sort()) {
+        obj[key] = serialize((val as any)[key])
+      }
+      return obj
+    }
+
+    return val
+  }
+
+  return JSON.stringify(serialize(value))
+}
diff --git a/packages/router-core/tests/utils.test.ts b/packages/router-core/tests/utils.test.ts
index fff911df37..b9cbb00d6f 100644
--- a/packages/router-core/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/router-core/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   escapeHtml,
   isPlainArray,
   replaceEqualDeep,
+  safeStringify,
 } from '../src/utils'
 
 describe('replaceEqualDeep', () => {
@@ -1047,3 +1048,74 @@ describe('encodePathLikeUrl', () => {
     )
   })
 })
+
+describe('safeStringify', () => {
+  it('should stringify plain objects like JSON.stringify', () => {
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: 1, b: 'hello' })).toBe('{"a":1,"b":"hello"}')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle bigint values', () => {
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: 123n })).toBe('{"a":"123n"}')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle Set values', () => {
+    const result = safeStringify({ a: new Set([3, 1, 2]) })
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(result)
+    expect(parsed.a).toBeInstanceOf(Array)
+    expect(parsed.a).toHaveLength(3)
+  })
+
+  it('should handle Map values', () => {
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: new Map([['x', 1], ['y', 2]]) })).toBe(
+      '{"a":[["x",1],["y",2]]}',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('should handle undefined values', () => {
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: undefined })).toBe('{"a":""}')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle null values', () => {
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: null })).toBe('{"a":null}')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle circular references without throwing', () => {
+    const obj: any = { a: 1 }
+    obj.self = obj
+    const result = safeStringify(obj)
+    expect(result).toContain('[Circular]')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle functions', () => {
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: () => {} })).toBe('{"a":"[Function]"}')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle symbols', () => {
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: Symbol('test') })).toBe('{"a":"test"}')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle Date objects', () => {
+    const date = new Date('2024-01-01')
+    expect(safeStringify({ a: date })).toBe('{"a":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"}')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle nested objects with mixed types', () => {
+    const val = {
+      num: 42,
+      big: 9007199254740993n,
+      set: new Set(['a', 'b']),
+      nested: { inner: new Map([[1, 'one']]) },
+    }
+    const result = safeStringify(val)
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      '{"big":"9007199254740993n","nested":{"inner":[[1,"one"]]},"num":42,"set":["a","b"]}',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('should be deterministic (same input = same output)', () => {
+    const a = { b: 2, a: 1 }
+    const result1 = safeStringify(a)
+    const result2 = safeStringify({ a: 1, b: 2 })
+    expect(result1).toBe(result2)
+  })
+})