diff --git a/axum/CHANGELOG.md b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
index ceb6f404..e0379c2d 100644
--- a/axum/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   `serde_json::Error` ([#1371])
 - **added**: `JsonRejection` now displays the path at which a deserialization
   error occurred too ([#1371])
+- **fixed:** Used `400 Bad Request` for `FailedToDeserializeQueryString`
+  rejections, instead of `422 Unprocessable Entity` ([#1387])
 
 [#1371]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1371
+[#1387]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1387
 
 # 0.6.0-rc.2 (10. September, 2022)
 
diff --git a/axum/src/extract/query.rs b/axum/src/extract/query.rs
index b4c34f94..a520853a 100644
--- a/axum/src/extract/query.rs
+++ b/axum/src/extract/query.rs
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ impl<T> Deref for Query<T> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use crate::{routing::get, test_helpers::TestClient, Router};
+
     use super::*;
     use axum_core::extract::FromRequest;
-    use http::Request;
+    use http::{Request, StatusCode};
     use serde::Deserialize;
     use std::fmt::Debug;
 
@@ -124,4 +126,21 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .await;
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn correct_rejection_status_code() {
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        #[allow(dead_code)]
+        struct Params {
+            n: i32,
+        }
+
+        async fn handler(_: Query<Params>) {}
+
+        let app = Router::new().route("/", get(handler));
+        let client = TestClient::new(app);
+
+        let res = client.get("/?n=hi").send().await;
+        assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs b/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs
index 135ad0a2..d6f11c31 100644
--- a/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs
+++ b/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl FailedToDeserializeQueryString {
 
 impl IntoResponse for FailedToDeserializeQueryString {
     fn into_response(self) -> Response {
-        (http::StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, self.to_string()).into_response()
+        (http::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, self.to_string()).into_response()
     }
 }