diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 48bbc5ef6..a811a8360 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -678,13 +678,12 @@ checksum = "7c02d123df017efcdfbd739ef81735b36c5ba83ec3c59c80a9d7ecc718f92e50"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "assert_cmd"
-version = "2.0.17"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2bd389a4b2970a01282ee455294913c0a43724daedcd1a24c3eb0ec1c1320b66"
+checksum = "bcbb6924530aa9e0432442af08bbcafdad182db80d2e560da42a6d442535bf85"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "bstr",
- "doc-comment",
  "libc",
  "predicates",
  "predicates-core",
@@ -2069,12 +2068,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.110",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "doc-comment"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "780955b8b195a21ab8e4ac6b60dd1dbdcec1dc6c51c0617964b08c81785e12c9"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "docify"
 version = "0.2.9"
diff --git a/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml b/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
index 46419c93c..fdd0f82d0 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ current_platform = "0.2.0"
 which = "8.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-assert_cmd = "=2.0.17"
+assert_cmd = "=2.1.1"
 regex = "1.11.1"
 predicates = "3.1.3"
 tempfile = "3.23.0"
diff --git a/crates/cargo-contract/tests/utils/mod.rs b/crates/cargo-contract/tests/utils/mod.rs
index 274e1df8d..739017022 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-contract/tests/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-contract/tests/utils/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,15 @@ pub mod node_proc;
 
 /// Create a `cargo contract` command
 pub fn cargo_contract<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> assert_cmd::Command {
-    let mut cmd = assert_cmd::Command::cargo_bin(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME")).unwrap();
+    let mut cmd = if let Ok(nextest_bin) = std::env::var("NEXTEST_BIN_EXE_cargo-contract")
+    {
+        // When running with nextest archive, use NEXTEST_BIN_EXE_* which has the
+        // correct remapped path
+        assert_cmd::Command::new(nextest_bin)
+    } else {
+        // Fall back to cargo_bin_cmd! for normal cargo test
+        assert_cmd::cargo::cargo_bin_cmd!(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+    };
     cmd.current_dir(path).arg("contract");
     cmd
 }
diff --git a/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml b/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml
index a79609719..92b4367eb 100644
--- a/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/extrinsics/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ink_env = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ink = { version = "6.0.0-beta.1", features = ["unstable-hostfn"] }
-assert_cmd = "=2.0.17"
+assert_cmd = "=2.1.1"
 regex = "1.11.1"
 predicates = "3.1.3"
 tempfile = "3.23.0"
diff --git a/crates/extrinsics/src/integration_tests.rs b/crates/extrinsics/src/integration_tests.rs
index 16c7d47e0..9f04bc30e 100644
--- a/crates/extrinsics/src/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/extrinsics/src/integration_tests.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,18 @@ const CONTRACTS_NODE: &str = "ink-node";
 
 /// Create a `cargo contract` command
 fn cargo_contract(path: &Path) -> assert_cmd::Command {
-    let mut cmd = assert_cmd::Command::cargo_bin("cargo-contract").unwrap();
+    let mut cmd = if let Ok(nextest_bin) = std::env::var("NEXTEST_BIN_EXE_cargo-contract")
+    {
+        // When running with nextest archive, use NEXTEST_BIN_EXE_* which has the
+        // correct remapped path
+        assert_cmd::Command::new(nextest_bin)
+    } else {
+        // Fall back to cargo_bin for normal cargo test
+        // Note: cargo_bin is deprecated but we can't use cargo_bin_cmd! since we're
+        // testing a binary from a different crate
+        #[allow(deprecated)]
+        assert_cmd::Command::cargo_bin("cargo-contract").unwrap()
+    };
     cmd.current_dir(path).arg("contract");
     cmd
 }