diff --git a/mux.go b/mux.go
index 71652dd1..b7293d1d 100644
--- a/mux.go
+++ b/mux.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -516,8 +517,12 @@ func (mx *Mux) updateRouteHandler() {
 
 // methodNotAllowedHandler is a helper function to respond with a 405,
 // method not allowed. It sets the Allow header with the list of allowed
-// methods for the route.
+// methods for the route. It deduplicates methods that may appear multiple
+// times when overlapping wildcard routes match the same path.
 func methodNotAllowedHandler(methodsAllowed ...methodTyp) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	slices.Sort(methodsAllowed)
+	methodsAllowed = slices.Compact(methodsAllowed)
+
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		for _, m := range methodsAllowed {
 			w.Header().Add("Allow", reverseMethodMap[m])
diff --git a/mux_test.go b/mux_test.go
index d69a6f8a..e1eff79e 100644
--- a/mux_test.go
+++ b/mux_test.go
@@ -428,6 +428,39 @@ func TestMethodNotAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestMethodNotAllowedDuplicateAllow(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRouter()
+
+	// Register multiple overlapping wildcard routes with the same method.
+	// When a request uses an unsupported method, the Allow header should
+	// list each method only once, not once per matching route.
+	r.Post("/article/1-2-3", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+	r.Post("/article/{a}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+	r.Post("/article/{b}-{c}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+	r.Post("/article/{b}-{c}-{d}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(r)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	resp, _ := testRequest(t, ts, "GET", "/article/1-2-3", nil)
+	if resp.StatusCode != 405 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 405, got %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	allowedMethods := resp.Header.Values("Allow")
+	if len(allowedMethods) != 1 || allowedMethods[0] != "POST" {
+		t.Fatalf("Allow header should contain exactly one POST entry, got: %v", allowedMethods)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMuxNestedMethodNotAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	r := NewRouter()
 	r.Get("/root", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {