diff --git a/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.test.tsx b/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.test.tsx
index c7912b46f..946787d8e 100644
--- a/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.test.tsx
@@ -106,6 +106,43 @@ describe('given a slotted Trigger', () => {
       expect(handleChildClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('with className on itself', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      render(
+        <Trigger as={Slot} className="btn">
+          <button type="button">Click me</button>
+        </Trigger>
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should apply the className to the child', () => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveClass('btn');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('with className on itself AND the child', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      render(
+        <Trigger as={Slot} className="btn   btn-sm">
+          <button type="button" className=" btn btn-primary  ">
+            Click me
+          </button>
+        </Trigger>
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should merge className and apply it to the child', () => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveClass('btn', 'btn-sm', 'btn-primary');
+    });
+
+    it('should deduplicate merged className', () => {
+      const classNames = screen.getByRole('button').className.split(' ');
+
+      expect(classNames).toHaveLength(3);
+      expect(classNames.filter((name) => name === 'btn')).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('given a Button with Slottable', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.tsx b/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.tsx
index c222b1d7f..655af25ca 100644
--- a/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/slot/src/Slot.tsx
@@ -115,8 +115,25 @@ function mergeProps(slotProps: AnyProps, childProps: AnyProps) {
     // if it's `style`, we merge them
     else if (propName === 'style') {
       overrideProps[propName] = { ...slotPropValue, ...childPropValue };
-    } else if (propName === 'className') {
-      overrideProps[propName] = [slotPropValue, childPropValue].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
+    }
+    // if it's `className`, we deduplicate and merge them
+    else if (propName === 'className') {
+      const classNameSet = new Set<string>();
+
+      if (slotPropValue && typeof slotPropValue === 'string') {
+        slotPropValue
+          .split(' ')
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .forEach((name) => classNameSet.add(name));
+      }
+      if (childPropValue && typeof childPropValue === 'string') {
+        childPropValue
+          .split(' ')
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .forEach((name) => classNameSet.add(name));
+      }
+
+      overrideProps[propName] = [...classNameSet].join(' ');
     }
   }