diff --git a/__tests__/use-visitor-data.test.tsx b/__tests__/use-visitor-data.test.tsx
index 0694b31..423d698 100644
--- a/__tests__/use-visitor-data.test.tsx
+++ b/__tests__/use-visitor-data.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { useVisitorData, UseVisitorDataReturn } from '../src'
-import { act, render, renderHook, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { FingerprintContext, useVisitorData, UseVisitorDataReturn } from '../src'
+import { act, render, renderHook, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { actWait, createWrapper, wait } from './helpers'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { type PropsWithChildren, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
 import * as agent from '@fingerprint/agent'
 import { GetResult } from '@fingerprint/agent'
@@ -25,6 +25,24 @@ vi.mock('@fingerprint/agent', { spy: true })
 
 const mockStart = vi.mocked(agent.start)
 
+function createDeferred<T>() {
+  let resolvePromise: ((value: T) => void) | undefined
+  const promise = new Promise<T>((resolve) => {
+    resolvePromise = resolve
+  })
+
+  return {
+    promise,
+    resolve(value: T) {
+      if (resolvePromise === undefined) {
+        throw new Error('Promise resolver was not initialized')
+      }
+
+      resolvePromise(value)
+    },
+  }
+}
+
 describe('useVisitorData', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks()
@@ -191,6 +209,43 @@ describe('useVisitorData', () => {
     expect(mockGet).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, { tag: 2 })
   })
 
+  it('should enter the loading state when the automatic request source changes', async () => {
+    const secondResult = { ...mockGetResult, visitor_id: 'second-visitor' }
+    const secondRequest = createDeferred<GetResult>()
+    let getVisitorData: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn<() => Promise<GetResult>>> = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(mockGetResult))
+    const wrapper = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<object>) => (
+      <FingerprintContext.Provider value={{ getVisitorData }}>{children}</FingerprintContext.Provider>
+    )
+    const hook = renderHook(() => useVisitorData(), { wrapper })
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(hook.result.current.data).toEqual(mockGetResult)
+    })
+
+    getVisitorData = vi.fn(() => secondRequest.promise)
+    hook.rerender()
+
+    expect(hook.result.current).toMatchObject({
+      isLoading: true,
+      isFetched: false,
+      data: undefined,
+    })
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(getVisitorData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      secondRequest.resolve(secondResult)
+      await secondRequest.promise
+    })
+
+    expect(hook.result.current).toMatchObject({
+      isLoading: false,
+      isFetched: true,
+      data: secondResult,
+    })
+  })
+
   it('should correctly pass errors from agent', async () => {
     const ERROR_CLIENT_TIMEOUT = 'timeout'
     mockGet.mockRejectedValue(new Error(ERROR_CLIENT_TIMEOUT))
diff --git a/src/use-visitor-data.ts b/src/use-visitor-data.ts
index 7792c78..855a837 100644
--- a/src/use-visitor-data.ts
+++ b/src/use-visitor-data.ts
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ export type UseVisitorDataReturn = VisitorQueryResult & {
 export function useVisitorData(
   { immediate, ...getOptions }: UseVisitorDataOptions = { immediate: true }
 ): UseVisitorDataReturn {
-  assertIsDefined(getOptions, 'getOptions')
-
   const { getVisitorData } = useContext<FingerprintContextInterface>(FingerprintContext)
 
-  const [currentGetOptions, setCurrentGetOptions] = useState(getOptions)
+  const [currentConfig, setCurrentConfig] = useState({ immediate, getOptions, getVisitorData })
   const [queryState, setQueryState] = useState<VisitorQueryResult>({
     isLoading: immediate,
     data: undefined,
     isFetched: false,
     error: undefined,
   })
+  const currentGetOptions = currentConfig.getOptions
+  const currentGetVisitorData = currentConfig.getVisitorData
 
   const getData = useCallback<UseVisitorDataReturn['getData']>(
     async (params = {}) => {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function useVisitorData(
           ...params,
         }
 
-        const result = await getVisitorData(getDataOptions)
+        const result = await currentGetVisitorData(getDataOptions)
         setQueryState({
           isLoading: false,
           isFetched: true,
@@ -91,21 +91,56 @@ export function useVisitorData(
         throw error
       }
     },
-    [currentGetOptions, getVisitorData]
+    [currentGetOptions, currentGetVisitorData, setQueryState]
   )
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (immediate) {
-      // TODO: refactor mount fetch to avoid synchronous setState inside the effect
-      // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/set-state-in-effect -- preserve existing getData() mount behavior
-      getData().catch((unknownError: unknown) => {
-        console.error(`Failed to fetch visitor data on mount: ${String(unknownError)}`)
-      })
+      void Promise.resolve()
+        .then(() => currentGetVisitorData(currentGetOptions))
+        .then(
+          (result) => {
+            setQueryState({
+              isLoading: false,
+              isFetched: true,
+              data: result,
+              error: undefined,
+            })
+          },
+          (unknownError: unknown) => {
+            const error = toError(unknownError)
+
+            setQueryState({
+              isLoading: false,
+              isFetched: false,
+              data: undefined,
+              error,
+            })
+            console.error(`Failed to fetch visitor data on mount: ${String(error)}`)
+          }
+        )
     }
-  }, [immediate, getData])
+  }, [immediate, currentGetOptions, currentGetVisitorData, setQueryState])
+
+  const getOptionsChanged = !Object.is(currentGetOptions, getOptions) && !deepEquals(currentGetOptions, getOptions)
+
+  const requestSourceChanged = currentGetVisitorData !== getVisitorData
 
-  if (!Object.is(currentGetOptions, getOptions) && !deepEquals(currentGetOptions, getOptions)) {
-    setCurrentGetOptions(getOptions)
+  if (currentConfig.immediate !== immediate || getOptionsChanged || requestSourceChanged) {
+    setCurrentConfig({
+      immediate,
+      getOptions: getOptionsChanged ? getOptions : currentGetOptions,
+      getVisitorData,
+    })
+
+    if (immediate) {
+      setQueryState({
+        isLoading: true,
+        isFetched: false,
+        data: undefined,
+        error: undefined,
+      })
+    }
   }
 
   return useMemo(