diff --git a/src/error/GraphQLError.ts b/src/error/GraphQLError.ts
index eab15873a1..2a78545dbd 100644
--- a/src/error/GraphQLError.ts
+++ b/src/error/GraphQLError.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,20 @@ export class GraphQLError extends Error {
       : undefined;
     this.extensions = extensions ?? originalExtensions ?? Object.create(null);
 
+    // Only properties prescribed by the spec should be enumerable.
+    // Keep the rest as non-enumerable.
+    Object.defineProperties(this, {
+      message: {
+        writable: true,
+        enumerable: true,
+      },
+      name: { enumerable: false },
+      nodes: { enumerable: false },
+      source: { enumerable: false },
+      positions: { enumerable: false },
+      originalError: { enumerable: false },
+    });
+
     // Include (non-enumerable) stack trace.
     // istanbul ignore next (See: 'https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/issues/2317')
     if (originalError?.stack) {
diff --git a/src/error/__tests__/GraphQLError-test.ts b/src/error/__tests__/GraphQLError-test.ts
index d2b551c205..7599c15c9f 100644
--- a/src/error/__tests__/GraphQLError-test.ts
+++ b/src/error/__tests__/GraphQLError-test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,25 @@ describe('GraphQLError', () => {
     expect(e.stack).to.be.a('string');
   });
 
+  it('enumerate only properties prescribed by the spec', () => {
+    const e = new GraphQLError(
+      'msg' /* message */,
+      [fieldNode] /* nodes */,
+      source /* source */,
+      [1, 2, 3] /* positions */,
+      ['a', 'b', 'c'] /* path */,
+      new Error('test') /* originalError */,
+      { foo: 'bar' } /* extensions */,
+    );
+
+    expect(Object.keys(e)).to.deep.equal([
+      'message',
+      'path',
+      'locations',
+      'extensions',
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('uses the stack of an original error', () => {
     const original = new Error('original');
     const e = new GraphQLError(