diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index c9c593f0..8df61dd5 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ktlint                 = "1.8.0"
 ktlintGradle           = "14.2.0"
 detekt                 = "1.23.8"
 preferences            = "1.2.1"
-media3                 = "1.10.1"
+media3                 = "1.11.1"
 
 materialDesign         = "1.14.0"
 constraintLayout       = "2.2.2"
diff --git a/ultrasonic/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/MediaLibrarySessionCallback.kt b/ultrasonic/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/MediaLibrarySessionCallback.kt
index 63c7f5ad..b0c6ae42 100644
--- a/ultrasonic/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/MediaLibrarySessionCallback.kt
+++ b/ultrasonic/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/MediaLibrarySessionCallback.kt
@@ -241,14 +241,19 @@ class MediaLibrarySessionCallback(
         )
     }
 
-    override fun onConnect(
+    override fun onConnectAsync(
         session: MediaSession,
         controller: MediaSession.ControllerInfo
-    ): MediaSession.ConnectionResult {
+    ): ListenableFuture<MediaSession.ConnectionResult> {
         Timber.i("onConnect")
 
-        val connectionResult = super.onConnect(session, controller)
-        val availableSessionCommands = connectionResult.availableSessionCommands.buildUpon()
+        // media3 1.11 changed the default MediaSession.Callback.onConnect() to return a sentinel
+        // result with EMPTY commands (it is only used to detect that the callback is not
+        // overridden). Calling super and forwarding its player commands would therefore grant
+        // connecting controllers no player commands at all, breaking playback and queue
+        // updates. Build the connection result explicitly instead.
+        val availableSessionCommands =
+            MediaSession.ConnectionResult.DEFAULT_SESSION_AND_LIBRARY_COMMANDS.buildUpon()
 
         for (commandButton in allCustomCommands) {
             // Add custom command to available session commands.
@@ -266,9 +271,11 @@ class MediaLibrarySessionCallback(
 
         configureRepeatMode(session.player)
 
-        return MediaSession.ConnectionResult.accept(
-            availableSessionCommands.build(),
-            connectionResult.availablePlayerCommands
+        return Futures.immediateFuture(
+            MediaSession.ConnectionResult.accept(
+                availableSessionCommands.build(),
+                MediaSession.ConnectionResult.DEFAULT_PLAYER_COMMANDS
+            )
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/adapters/TrackPlayingIndicatorTest.kt b/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/adapters/TrackPlayingIndicatorTest.kt
index d26ab8f3..bc6cafaf 100644
--- a/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/adapters/TrackPlayingIndicatorTest.kt
+++ b/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/adapters/TrackPlayingIndicatorTest.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.PlaybackSnapshot
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
 
+// Player.Commands.EMPTY (used by PlaybackSnapshot) triggers Android framework calls in its
+// static initializer on media3 1.11+, so plain JVM android.jar stubs are not enough here.
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
 class TrackPlayingIndicatorTest {
     @Test
     fun `shuffled queue marks play-order row rather than canonical row`() {
diff --git a/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/PlaybackQueueActionsTest.kt b/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/PlaybackQueueActionsTest.kt
index 305c96f4..fe5a7668 100644
--- a/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/PlaybackQueueActionsTest.kt
+++ b/ultrasonic/src/test/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/PlaybackQueueActionsTest.kt
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@ import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.mockito.kotlin.any
 import org.mockito.kotlin.inOrder
 import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
 import org.mockito.kotlin.never
 import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
 import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
 
+// Player.Commands.EMPTY (used by PlaybackSnapshot) triggers Android framework calls in its
+// static initializer on media3 1.11+, so plain JVM android.jar stubs are not enough here.
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
 class PlaybackQueueActionsTest {
     @Test
     fun `play shuffled replaces queue before starting a full shuffle`() = runTest {