diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41b29db70..cfbea3596 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 ### Changes
 
+- Bump the injected `piggieback` to [0.6.1](https://github.com/nrepl/piggieback/blob/master/CHANGES.md#061-2025-12-31).
+
 ### Bugs fixed
 
 - [#3832](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/issues/3832): Fix nrepl--eval-request sending duplicate info.
diff --git a/cider.el b/cider.el
index 87c4c283c..78563c1a2 100644
--- a/cider.el
+++ b/cider.el
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ your version of Leiningen is bundling an older one."
   "List of dependencies where elements are lists of artifact name and version.
 Added to `cider-jack-in-dependencies' when doing `cider-jack-in-cljs'.")
 (put 'cider-jack-in-cljs-dependencies 'risky-local-variable t)
-(cider-add-to-alist 'cider-jack-in-cljs-dependencies "cider/piggieback" "0.5.3")
+(cider-add-to-alist 'cider-jack-in-cljs-dependencies "cider/piggieback" "0.6.1")
 
 (defvar cider-jack-in-dependencies-exclusions nil
   "List of exclusions for jack in dependencies.
diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/basics/middleware_setup.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/basics/middleware_setup.adoc
index f210fcf04..2ca6c1389 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/basics/middleware_setup.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/basics/middleware_setup.adoc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ run `cider-connect` or `cider-connect-cljs`.
 
   :cider-cljs {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.10.339"}
                             cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.57.0"}
-                            cider/piggieback {:mvn/version "0.6.0"}}
+                            cider/piggieback {:mvn/version "0.6.1"}}
                :main-opts ["-m" "nrepl.cmdline" "--middleware"
                            "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware,cider.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl]"]}
 ----
diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/figwheel.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/figwheel.adoc
index 2242f2737..d6aa5950c 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/figwheel.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/figwheel.adoc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ You'll also have to configure Piggieback manually if you're planning to use
 +
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-[cider/piggieback "0.5.3"]
+[cider/piggieback "0.6.1"]
 ----
 +
 . Add this to your dev `:repl-options` (not needed for `cider-jack-in-cljs`):
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ in the root of your Leiningen project definition.
 +
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-[cider/piggieback "0.5.3"] ; not needed for cider-jack-in-cljs
+[cider/piggieback "0.6.1"] ; not needed for cider-jack-in-cljs
 [figwheel-sidecar "0.5.19"] ; use here whatever the current version of figwheel is
 ----
 +
diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/up_and_running.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/up_and_running.adoc
index d39df8b1f..65795eeee 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/up_and_running.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/cljs/up_and_running.adoc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To setup piggieback, add the following dependencies to your project
 [source,clojure]
 ----
 ;; use whatever are the most recent versions here
-[cider/piggieback "0.6.0"]
+[cider/piggieback "0.6.1"]
 [org.clojure/clojure "1.12.0"]
 ----
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ or in `build.gradle`:
 dependencies {
   devImplementation 'nrepl:nrepl:1.3.1'
   devImplementation 'cider:cider-nrepl:0.57.0'
-  devImplementation 'cider:cider-piggieback:0.5.3'
+  devImplementation 'cider:cider-piggieback:0.6.1'
 }
 
 tasks.named('clojureRepl') {
diff --git a/test/cider-tests.el b/test/cider-tests.el
index 05af81c42..c9e22bbe1 100644
--- a/test/cider-tests.el
+++ b/test/cider-tests.el
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@
 ;;; cider-jack-in tests
 (describe "cider--gradle-dependency-notation"
   (it "returns a GAV when given a two-element list"
-    (expect (cider--gradle-dependency-notation '("cider/piggieback" "0.5.3"))
-            :to-equal "cider:piggieback:0.5.3")))
+    (expect (cider--gradle-dependency-notation '("cider/piggieback" "1.2.3"))
+            :to-equal "cider:piggieback:1.2.3")))
 
 (describe "cider--gradle-jack-in-property"
   (it "returns an empty string if no dependencies passed"