diff --git a/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/package.json b/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/package.json
index bced0514d9..dd1850cc65 100644
--- a/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/package.json
+++ b/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/package.json
@@ -81,5 +81,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "./dist/cjs/index.d.ts",
-  "version": "0.6.0"
+  "version": "0.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/src/__tests__/JitoLazyImport.test.ts b/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/src/__tests__/JitoLazyImport.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12ac1762c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/src/__tests__/JitoLazyImport.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Regression test for https://github.com/pyth-network/pyth-crosschain/issues/1838.
+//
+// `jito.ts` historically eager-imported `jito-ts/dist/sdk/block-engine/{searcher,types}`,
+// which transitively required `jito-ts`'s nested `@solana/web3.js@~1.77.3` ->
+// `rpc-websockets/dist/lib/client` — a path removed in `rpc-websockets@>=7.11`.
+// Consumers that loaded any `@pythnetwork/solana-utils` export therefore
+// crashed with `Cannot find module 'rpc-websockets/dist/lib/client'`, even
+// when they never used the Jito helpers.
+//
+// We now type-only-import `SearcherClient`/`Bundle` and dynamic-import
+// `Bundle` inside `sendTransactionsJito`. This test guards that contract.
+
+describe("jito-ts lazy loading", () => {
+  it("does not load jito-ts when importing transaction helpers", async () => {
+    await import("../transaction");
+
+    const cachedJitoPath = Object.keys(require.cache).find((p) =>
+      p.includes(`${"/node_modules/"}jito-ts/`),
+    );
+
+    expect(cachedJitoPath).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("does not load jito-ts when importing jito.ts itself", async () => {
+    await import("../jito");
+
+    const cachedJitoPath = Object.keys(require.cache).find((p) =>
+      p.includes(`${"/node_modules/"}jito-ts/`),
+    );
+
+    expect(cachedJitoPath).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/src/jito.ts b/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/src/jito.ts
index 28d7e6d92d..edcf7dc580 100644
--- a/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/src/jito.ts
+++ b/target_chains/solana/sdk/js/solana_utils/src/jito.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ import type {
 } from "@solana/web3.js";
 import { PublicKey, SystemProgram } from "@solana/web3.js";
 import bs58 from "bs58";
+// jito-ts is loaded lazily inside `sendTransactionsJito` so that consumers
+// who only use the non-Jito transaction helpers do not pay the cost of
+// jito-ts pulling its nested `@solana/web3.js@~1.77.3` (which transitively
+// `require`s a rpc-websockets path removed in rpc-websockets@>=7.11). See
+// https://github.com/pyth-network/pyth-crosschain/issues/1838.
 import type { SearcherClient } from "jito-ts/dist/sdk/block-engine/searcher";
-import { Bundle } from "jito-ts/dist/sdk/block-engine/types";
+import type { Bundle as BundleType } from "jito-ts/dist/sdk/block-engine/types";
 import type { Logger } from "ts-log";
 import { dummyLogger } from "ts-log";
 
@@ -85,7 +90,10 @@ export async function sendTransactionsJito(
     signedTransactions[0]?.signatures[0]!,
   );
 
-  const bundle = new Bundle(signedTransactions, 2);
+  // Dynamic import so jito-ts (and its old @solana/web3.js transitive dep)
+  // is only resolved when this code path is actually taken.
+  const { Bundle } = await import("jito-ts/dist/sdk/block-engine/types");
+  const bundle: BundleType = new Bundle(signedTransactions, 2);
 
   let lastError: Error | null | undefined;
   let totalAttempts = 0;