diff --git a/.changeset/update-rechoir-v1.md b/.changeset/update-rechoir-v1.md
deleted file mode 100644
index efa8ce004c6..00000000000
--- a/.changeset/update-rechoir-v1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"webpack-cli": patch
----
-
-chore: update `rechoir` to v1, which resolves loaders with Node.js's own resolver and drops the `resolve` dependency
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 87166301e2c..3224d392476 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18073,18 +18073,6 @@
         "url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/rechoir": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vyBa7bWz11iJRwzJR0nGLt6r45bymWfYXAgd1FmP08BNP/DHAVabgpGPyEXQmBtKvhgxi17SQz2szhvkberQsg==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 22.15.0"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/gulpjs"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/reflect-metadata": {
       "version": "0.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/reflect-metadata/-/reflect-metadata-0.2.2.tgz",
@@ -21065,7 +21053,7 @@
         "envinfo": "^7.21.0",
         "import-local": "^3.2.0",
         "interpret": "^3.1.1",
-        "rechoir": "^1.0.0",
+        "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
         "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -21119,6 +21107,18 @@
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=20"
       }
+    },
+    "packages/webpack-cli/node_modules/rechoir": {
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/vxpCXddiX8NGfGO/mTafwjq4aFa/71pvamip0++IQk3zG8cbCj0fifNPrjjF1XMXUne91jL9OoxmdykoEtifQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "resolve": "^1.20.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.13.0"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
index 21c7c36f92b..457588ec62a 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "envinfo": "^7.21.0",
     "import-local": "^3.2.0",
     "interpret": "^3.1.1",
-    "rechoir": "^1.0.0",
+    "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
     "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts b/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
index 367595cafd8..971ce6b18e3 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
@@ -3102,8 +3102,8 @@ class WebpackCLI {
 
             // `tsx` is missing from `interpret`'s loader tables, and it cannot
             // be added there: its `tsx/cjs` entry point exists only in the
-            // package's `exports` map, which `rechoir` < 1 could not resolve.
-            // Register it manually instead, resolved from the
+            // package's `exports` map, which `rechoir`'s resolver does not
+            // support. Register it manually instead, resolved from the
             // configuration file's location so the user's copy is picked up.
             // Requiring `tsx/cjs` installs its require hook as a side effect.
             const registerTsxLoader = (): Error | undefined => {