diff --git a/.changeset/bump-better-auth.md b/.changeset/bump-better-auth.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81cc129be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bump-better-auth.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'sv': patch
+---
+
+chore(better-auth): bump better-auth to 1.6
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/addons/better-auth.ts b/packages/sv/src/addons/better-auth.ts
index c62845295..864012323 100644
--- a/packages/sv/src/addons/better-auth.ts
+++ b/packages/sv/src/addons/better-auth.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ export default defineAddon({
 		let drizzleDialect: Dialect;
 		let d1 = false;
 
-		sv.devDependency('better-auth', '~1.4.21');
-		sv.devDependency('@better-auth/cli', '~1.4.21');
+		sv.devDependency('better-auth', '~1.6.0');
+		// waiting for https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/issues/8933 to be resolved to bump to the new @better-auth/cli
+		sv.devDependency('@better-auth/cli', '~1.4.22');
 
 		// Read-only: extract dialect info from drizzle config without modifying it
 		sv.file(
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ export default defineAddon({
 				if (content) return false;
 				return dedent`
 					// If you see this file, you have not run the auth:schema script yet, but you should!
+					export {};
 				`;
 			})
 		);
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/package.json b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/package.json
index 89aa7d5d1..7a40ff870 100644
--- a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/package.json
+++ b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		"auth:schema": "better-auth generate --config src/lib/server/auth.ts --output src/lib/server/db/auth.schema.ts --yes"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@better-auth/cli": "~1.4.21",
+		"@better-auth/cli": "~1.4.22",
 		"@eslint/compat": "^2.0.4",
 		"@eslint/js": "^10.0.1",
 		"@inlang/paraglide-js": "^2.15.2",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 		"@tailwindcss/typography": "^0.5.19",
 		"@tailwindcss/vite": "^4.2.2",
 		"@vitest/browser-playwright": "^4.1.3",
-		"better-auth": "~1.4.21",
+		"better-auth": "~1.6.0",
 		"drizzle-kit": "^0.31.10",
 		"drizzle-orm": "^0.45.2",
 		"eslint": "^10.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/src/lib/server/db/auth.schema.ts b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/src/lib/server/db/auth.schema.ts
index 952b9b328..c0d141c42 100644
--- a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/src/lib/server/db/auth.schema.ts
+++ b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/create-with-all-addons/src/lib/server/db/auth.schema.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 // If you see this file, you have not run the auth:schema script yet, but you should!
+export {};