diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a73a4de..ee96c0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   to be more closely aligned with Java's identifier rules.
 - `attributes-extension`: The `AttributesReadWriteFilterExtension` now correctly skips non-matching compound entries
   instead of returning `null` for them.
+- `serde-hjson`: `inlineCommentType` on `HjsonWriter.Options` now correctly works builder-style.
 
 ## [0.7.0] - 2025-12-19
 
diff --git a/tweed5/serde-hjson/src/main/java/de/siphalor/tweed5/data/hjson/HjsonWriter.java b/tweed5/serde-hjson/src/main/java/de/siphalor/tweed5/data/hjson/HjsonWriter.java
index 812861d..259c365 100644
--- a/tweed5/serde-hjson/src/main/java/de/siphalor/tweed5/data/hjson/HjsonWriter.java
+++ b/tweed5/serde-hjson/src/main/java/de/siphalor/tweed5/data/hjson/HjsonWriter.java
@@ -604,11 +604,12 @@ public class HjsonWriter implements TweedDataWriter {
 		private HjsonCommentType multilineCommentType = HjsonCommentType.BLOCK;
 		private HjsonStringType preferredInlineStringType = HjsonStringType.INLINE_QUOTELESS;
 
-		public void inlineCommentType(HjsonCommentType commentType) {
+		public Options inlineCommentType(HjsonCommentType commentType) {
 			if (commentType.block()) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Inline comment type must not be a block comment type: " + commentType);
 			}
 			this.inlineCommentType = commentType;
+			return this;
 		}
 	}
 }