diff --git a/packages/builders/__tests__/interactions/ChatInputCommands/Options.test.ts b/packages/builders/__tests__/interactions/ChatInputCommands/Options.test.ts
index 66fe99457..4cef822aa 100644
--- a/packages/builders/__tests__/interactions/ChatInputCommands/Options.test.ts
+++ b/packages/builders/__tests__/interactions/ChatInputCommands/Options.test.ts
@@ -188,10 +188,19 @@ describe('Application Command toJSON() results', () => {
 			type: ApplicationCommandOptionType.String,
 			required: true,
 			autocomplete: true,
-			// TODO
 			choices: [],
 		});
 
+		// Starting with zod 4.4.0 (potentially lower), this usecase was broken prior to #11532
+		// (i.e. choices not present at all with autocomplete: true)
+		expect(getStringOption().setAutocomplete(true).toJSON()).toEqual<APIApplicationCommandStringOption>({
+			name: 'owo',
+			description: 'Testing 123',
+			type: ApplicationCommandOptionType.String,
+			required: true,
+			autocomplete: true,
+		});
+
 		expect(
 			getStringOption().addChoices({ name: 'uwu', value: '1' }).toJSON(),
 		).toEqual<APIApplicationCommandStringOption>({
diff --git a/packages/builders/src/interactions/commands/chatInput/Assertions.ts b/packages/builders/src/interactions/commands/chatInput/Assertions.ts
index ebee3c295..68650119c 100644
--- a/packages/builders/src/interactions/commands/chatInput/Assertions.ts
+++ b/packages/builders/src/interactions/commands/chatInput/Assertions.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const channelMixinOptionPredicate = z.object({
 
 const autocompleteMixinOptionPredicate = z.object({
 	autocomplete: z.literal(true),
-	choices: z.union([z.never(), z.never().array(), z.undefined()]),
+	choices: z.array(z.any()).length(0).optional(),
 });
 
 const choiceValueStringPredicate = z.string().min(1).max(100);