diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Revision history for pgmq-config
 
+## 0.6.1.1 -- 2026-09-25
+
+Coordinated family version bump; the library is unchanged from 0.6.1.0.
+
+`ForeignQueueSpec` and `NotifyCrashSpec`, which start their own clusters, now use the same
+stable per-uid temporary root as the rest of the test suite instead of falling back to
+`$TMPDIR`, so a killed run's cluster is reaped by the next run. No library dependency changed.
+
 ## 0.6.1.0 -- 2026-09-16
 
 Widen the `effectful-core` bound behind the `effectful` flag to `^>=2.6 || ^>=2.7`, adding
diff --git a/pgmq-config.cabal b/pgmq-config.cabal
--- a/pgmq-config.cabal
+++ b/pgmq-config.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: 3.4
 name: pgmq-config
-version: 0.6.1.0
+version: 0.6.1.1
 synopsis:
   Declarative queue configuration for PGMQ (PostgreSQL Message Queue)
 
diff --git a/test/EphemeralDb.hs b/test/EphemeralDb.hs
--- a/test/EphemeralDb.hs
+++ b/test/EphemeralDb.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 module EphemeralDb
   ( -- * Database setup
     withPgmqDb,
+    ephemeralConfig,
 
     -- * Re-exports
     StartError,
diff --git a/test/ForeignQueueSpec.hs b/test/ForeignQueueSpec.hs
--- a/test/ForeignQueueSpec.hs
+++ b/test/ForeignQueueSpec.hs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     migrationPlan,
     runMigrationPlan,
   )
+import EphemeralDb (ephemeralConfig)
 import EphemeralPg qualified as Pg
 import Hasql.Decoders qualified as D
 import Hasql.Encoders qualified as E
@@ -222,7 +223,8 @@
 
 startOrFail :: IO Pg.Database
 startOrFail = do
-  result <- Pg.startCached Pg.defaultConfig Pg.defaultCacheConfig
+  config <- ephemeralConfig
+  result <- Pg.startCached config Pg.defaultCacheConfig
   case result of
     Left err -> assertFailure $ "could not start a dedicated PostgreSQL: " <> show err
     Right db -> pure db
diff --git a/test/NotifyCrashSpec.hs b/test/NotifyCrashSpec.hs
--- a/test/NotifyCrashSpec.hs
+++ b/test/NotifyCrashSpec.hs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     migrationPlan,
     runMigrationPlan,
   )
+import EphemeralDb (ephemeralConfig)
 import EphemeralPg qualified as Pg
 -- 'shutdownMode' names a field of both Pg.Config and Pg.Database, so the record
 -- update below needs the selector from the module that defines only Database.
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@
 
 startOrFail :: IO Pg.Database
 startOrFail = do
-  result <- Pg.startCached Pg.defaultConfig Pg.defaultCacheConfig
+  config <- ephemeralConfig
+  result <- Pg.startCached config Pg.defaultCacheConfig
   case result of
     Left err -> assertFailure $ "could not start a dedicated PostgreSQL: " <> show err
     Right db -> pure db