diff --git a/shepherd.js/src/step.ts b/shepherd.js/src/step.ts
index 1c74caf7b..b15d32ba7 100644
--- a/shepherd.js/src/step.ts
+++ b/shepherd.js/src/step.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import {
   isUndefined
 } from './utils/type-check.ts';
 import { bindAdvance } from './utils/bind.ts';
-import { parseAttachTo, normalizePrefix, uuid } from './utils/general.ts';
+import {
+  parseAttachTo,
+  normalizePrefix,
+  uuid,
+  dedupeMiddlewares
+} from './utils/general.ts';
 import {
   setupTooltip,
   destroyTooltip,
@@ -522,6 +527,13 @@ export class Step extends Evented {
 
     tourOptions = deepmerge({}, tourOptions || {});
 
+    if (tourOptions.floatingUIOptions?.middleware) {
+      tourOptions.floatingUIOptions.middleware = dedupeMiddlewares(
+        [...tourOptions.floatingUIOptions.middleware],
+        options.floatingUIOptions?.middleware
+      );
+    }
+
     this.options = Object.assign(
       {
         arrow: true
diff --git a/shepherd.js/src/utils/floating-ui.ts b/shepherd.js/src/utils/floating-ui.ts
index ae378bb36..3e0e10ffd 100644
--- a/shepherd.js/src/utils/floating-ui.ts
+++ b/shepherd.js/src/utils/floating-ui.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { deepmerge } from 'deepmerge-ts';
-import { shouldCenterStep } from './general.ts';
+import { dedupeMiddlewares, shouldCenterStep } from './general.ts';
 import {
   autoUpdate,
   arrow,
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ export function getFloatingUIOptions(
     options.placement = attachToOptions.on;
   }
 
+  options.middleware = dedupeMiddlewares(
+    options.middleware,
+    step.options.floatingUIOptions?.middleware
+  );
+
   return deepmerge(options, step.options.floatingUIOptions || {});
 }
 
diff --git a/shepherd.js/src/utils/general.ts b/shepherd.js/src/utils/general.ts
index 8f57a4546..d06062330 100644
--- a/shepherd.js/src/utils/general.ts
+++ b/shepherd.js/src/utils/general.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type StepOptions
 } from '../step.ts';
 import { isFunction, isString } from './type-check.ts';
+import type { ComputePositionConfig } from '@floating-ui/dom';
 
 export class StepNoOp {
   constructor(_options: StepOptions) {}
@@ -89,3 +90,17 @@ export function uuid() {
     return (c == 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3) | 0x8).toString(16);
   });
 }
+
+export function dedupeMiddlewares(
+  defaultMiddlewares?: ComputePositionConfig['middleware'],
+  stepMiddlewares?: ComputePositionConfig['middleware']
+): ComputePositionConfig['middleware'] {
+  return defaultMiddlewares?.filter(
+    (defaultMiddleware) =>
+      !defaultMiddleware ||
+      !stepMiddlewares?.some(
+        (stepMiddleware) =>
+          stepMiddleware && stepMiddleware.name === defaultMiddleware.name
+      )
+  );
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/step.spec.js b/test/unit/step.spec.js
index 6d7fde3b3..21a55f391 100644
--- a/test/unit/step.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/step.spec.js
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ describe('Tour | Step', () => {
     });
 
     const stepWithoutNameWithoutIdOffsetMiddleware = offset({
-      mainAxis: 0,
-      crossAxis: -32
+      mainAxis: 32,
+      crossAxis: 0
     });
     const stepWithoutNameWithoutId = instance.addStep({
       attachTo: { element: 'body' },
@@ -181,16 +181,11 @@ describe('Tour | Step', () => {
         stepWithoutNameWithoutId.options.floatingUIOptions.middleware.filter(
           ({ name }) => name === 'offset'
         );
-      const offsetResult = offsetMiddleware.reduce(
-        (agg, current) => {
-          agg.mainAxis += current.options.mainAxis;
-          agg.crossAxis += current.options.crossAxis;
-          return agg;
-        },
-        { mainAxis: 0, crossAxis: 0 }
-      );
-
-      expect(offsetResult).toEqual({ mainAxis: 0, crossAxis: 0 });
+      expect(offsetMiddleware.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(offsetMiddleware[0].options).toEqual({
+        mainAxis: 32,
+        crossAxis: 0
+      });
     });
 
     describe('.hide()', () => {
diff --git a/test/unit/tour.spec.js b/test/unit/tour.spec.js
index 4ef11f9da..5139a6cd8 100644
--- a/test/unit/tour.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/tour.spec.js
@@ -666,6 +666,45 @@ describe('Tour | Top-Level Class', function () {
 
       expect(stepsContainer.contains(stepElement)).toBe(true);
     });
+
+    it.only('deduplicates middlewares', () => {
+      instance = new Shepherd.Tour({
+        defaultStepOptions: {
+          floatingUIOptions: {
+            middleware: [{ name: 'foo', options: 'bar', fn: (args) => args }]
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      const step = instance.addStep({
+        id: 'test',
+        title: 'This is a test step for our tour',
+        floatingUIOptions: {
+          middleware: [{ name: 'foo', options: 'bar', fn: (args) => args }]
+        }
+      });
+
+      const step2 = instance.addStep({
+        id: 'test',
+        title: 'This is a test step for our tour',
+        floatingUIOptions: {
+          middleware: [
+            { name: 'foo', options: 'bar', fn: (args) => args },
+            { name: 'bar', options: 'bar', fn: (args) => args }
+          ]
+        }
+      });
+
+      instance.start();
+
+      const step1FloatingUIOptions = setupTooltip(step);
+      expect(step1FloatingUIOptions.middleware.length).toBe(1);
+
+      instance.next();
+
+      const step2FloatingUIOptions = setupTooltip(step2);
+      expect(step2FloatingUIOptions.middleware.length).toBe(2);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('shepherdModalOverlayContainer', function () {