diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-2111.adoc b/docs/release-notes/rl-2111.adoc
index ecd18995..0db9e901 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-2111.adoc
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-2111.adoc
@@ -45,3 +45,14 @@ changes are only active if the `home.stateVersion` option is set to
 "21.11" or later.
 
 * The <<opt-home.keyboard>> option now defaults to `null`, meaning that Home Manager won't do any keyboard layout management. For example, `setxkbmap` won't be run in X sessions.
+
+* The <<opt-programs.pet.settings>> option no longer place its value inside a `General` attribute.
+For example, is you before had
++
+[source,nix]
+programs.pet.settings.editor = "nvim";
++
+then you now need
++
+[source,nix]
+programs.pet.settings.General.editor = "nvim";
diff --git a/modules/programs/pet.nix b/modules/programs/pet.nix
index c1411b62..e75b10df 100644
--- a/modules/programs/pet.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/pet.nix
@@ -80,16 +80,25 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    programs.pet.settings = {
-      selectcmd = mkDefault "fzf";
-      snippetfile = config.xdg.configHome + "/pet/snippet.toml";
-    };
+    programs.pet.settings = let
+      defaultGeneral = {
+        selectcmd = mkDefault "fzf";
+        snippetfile = config.xdg.configHome + "/pet/snippet.toml";
+      };
+    in if versionAtLeast config.home.stateVersion "21.11" then {
+      General = defaultGeneral;
+    } else
+      defaultGeneral;
 
     home.packages = [ pkgs.pet cfg.selectcmdPackage ];
 
     xdg.configFile = {
-      "pet/config.toml".source =
-        format.generate "config.toml" { General = cfg.settings; };
+      "pet/config.toml".source = format.generate "config.toml"
+        (if versionAtLeast config.home.stateVersion "21.11" then
+          cfg.settings
+        else {
+          General = cfg.settings;
+        });
       "pet/snippet.toml".source =
         format.generate "snippet.toml" { snippets = cfg.snippets; };
     };
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/pet/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/pet/default.nix
index 553b8392..a9d811e0 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/pet/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/pet/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-{ pet-snippets = ./snippets.nix; }
+{
+  pet-snippets = ./snippets.nix;
+  pet-settings_21_05 = ./settings_21_05.nix;
+  pet-settings_21_11 = ./settings_21_11.nix;
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/pet/settings_21_05.nix b/tests/modules/programs/pet/settings_21_05.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf728548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/pet/settings_21_05.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  home.stateVersion = "21.05";
+  programs.pet = {
+    enable = true;
+    selectcmdPackage = config.lib.test.mkStubPackage { };
+    settings.editor = "nvim";
+  };
+
+  test.stubs.pet = { };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertFileContent home-files/.config/pet/config.toml \
+      ${
+        builtins.toFile "pet-settings.toml" ''
+          [General]
+          editor = "nvim"
+          selectcmd = "fzf"
+          snippetfile = "/home/hm-user/.config/pet/snippet.toml"
+        ''
+      }
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/pet/settings_21_11.nix b/tests/modules/programs/pet/settings_21_11.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b82d1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/pet/settings_21_11.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  home.stateVersion = "21.11";
+  programs.pet = {
+    enable = true;
+    selectcmdPackage = config.lib.test.mkStubPackage { };
+    settings = {
+      General = {
+        backend = "Gitlab";
+        editor = "nvim";
+      };
+      Gitlab = {
+        access_token = "1234";
+        file_name = "pet-snippets.toml";
+        visibility = "public";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  test.stubs.pet = { };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertFileContent home-files/.config/pet/config.toml \
+      ${
+        builtins.toFile "pet-settings.toml" ''
+          [General]
+          backend = "Gitlab"
+          editor = "nvim"
+          selectcmd = "fzf"
+          snippetfile = "/home/hm-user/.config/pet/snippet.toml"
+
+          [Gitlab]
+          access_token = "1234"
+          file_name = "pet-snippets.toml"
+          visibility = "public"
+        ''
+      }
+  '';
+}