diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f94efc7..7a667eeb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+## 0.55.4 (2025-04-26)
+
+* Bump `orchard` to [0.34.2](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/orchard/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#0342-2025-04-26).
+
 ## 0.55.3 (2025-04-24)
 
 * [#933](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider-nrepl/pull/933): Add the `cider-inspector-print-current-value` command to print the current value of the inspector.
diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc
index 12d8331d..e8ae5e41 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/compatibility.adoc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ given compatibility tuple.
 | 1.9
 | 1.0.0
 
-| 0.55.3
+| 0.55.4
 | 8
 | 1.10
 | 1.0.0
diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc
index 486208c5..895b62ce 100644
--- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc
+++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/usage.adoc
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ Use the convenient plugin for defaults, either in your project's
 
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.3"]]
+:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.4"]]
 ----
 
 A minimal `profiles.clj` for CIDER would be:
 
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-{:user {:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.3"]]}}
+{:user {:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.4"]]}}
 ----
 
 Or (if you know what you're doing) add `cider-nrepl` to your `:dev
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ under `:repl-options`.
 
 [source,clojure]
 ----
-:dependencies [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.3"]]
+:dependencies [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.55.4"]]
 :repl-options {:nrepl-middleware
                  [cider.nrepl/wrap-apropos
                   cider.nrepl/wrap-classpath
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ You can easily boot an nREPL server with the CIDER middleware loaded
 with the following "magic" incantation:
 
 ----
-clj -Sdeps '{:deps {cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.3"} }}' -M -m nrepl.cmdline --middleware "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware]"
+clj -Sdeps '{:deps {cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.4"} }}' -M -m nrepl.cmdline --middleware "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware]"
 ----
 
 There are also two convenient aliases you can employ:
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ There are also two convenient aliases you can employ:
 {...
  :aliases
  {:cider-clj {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}
-                           cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.3"}}
+                           cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.4"}}
               :main-opts ["-m" "nrepl.cmdline" "--middleware" "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware]"]}
 
   :cider-cljs {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}
                             org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.10.339"}
-                            cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.3"}
+                            cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.55.4"}
                             cider/piggieback {:mvn/version "0.5.2"}}
                :main-opts ["-m" "nrepl.cmdline" "--middleware"
                            "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware,cider.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl]"]}}}
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index a4d9dbc3..19c2ddf2 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
   :scm {:name "git" :url "https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider-nrepl"}
   :dependencies [[nrepl/nrepl "1.3.1" :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]]
-                 [cider/orchard "0.34.1" :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]]
+                 [cider/orchard "0.34.2" :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]]
                  ^:inline-dep [fipp ~fipp-version] ; can be removed in unresolved-tree mode
                  ^:inline-dep [compliment "0.7.0"]
                  ^:inline-dep [org.rksm/suitable "0.6.2" :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure
diff --git a/src/cider/nrepl/middleware/track_state.clj b/src/cider/nrepl/middleware/track_state.clj
index 9a7ed2b4..129b4174 100644
--- a/src/cider/nrepl/middleware/track_state.clj
+++ b/src/cider/nrepl/middleware/track_state.clj
@@ -287,10 +287,6 @@
 
 ;;; State management
 
-(defn- transport-send [transport msg]
-  ;; Only exists to be rebindable during testing.
-  (transport/send transport msg))
-
 (defn calculate-changed-project-state-response
   "Calculate changes in project state since we lasst notified the client. Response
   is a map:
@@ -338,7 +334,7 @@
       (.send transport response)
       (when (contains? status :done)
         (future
-          (transport-send transport (calculate-changed-project-state-response msg)))))))
+          (transport/send transport (calculate-changed-project-state-response msg)))))))
 
 (defn handle-tracker [handler {:keys [op session] :as msg}]
   (cond