diff --git a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-array-private.h b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-array-private.h
index 9956224b347..c8de6f1f526 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-array-private.h
+++ b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-array-private.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 BSON_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 
+// mongoc_array_t stores an array of objects of type T.
+//
+// T must be trivially relocatable. In particular, `bson_t` is not trivially relocatable (CDRIVER-6113).
 typedef struct _mongoc_array_t mongoc_array_t;
 
 
diff --git a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command-private.h b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command-private.h
index a45d0638bac..c5a7193b683 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command-private.h
+++ b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command-private.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ typedef struct {
    uint32_t n_documents;
    mongoc_bulk_write_flags_t flags;
    int64_t operation_id;
-   bson_t cmd_opts;
+   bson_t *cmd_opts;
 } mongoc_write_command_t;
 
 
diff --git a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command.c b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command.c
index 993892b6f39..9d65a29518f 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command.c
+++ b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-write-command.c
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ _mongoc_write_command_init_bulk (
    command->flags = flags;
    command->operation_id = operation_id;
    if (!bson_empty0 (opts)) {
-      bson_copy_to (opts, &command->cmd_opts);
+      command->cmd_opts = bson_copy (opts);
    } else {
-      bson_init (&command->cmd_opts);
+      command->cmd_opts = bson_new ();
    }
 
    _mongoc_buffer_init (&command->payload, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ _mongoc_write_opmsg (mongoc_write_command_t *command,
                                ? MONGOC_CMD_PARTS_ALLOW_TXN_NUMBER_NO
                                : MONGOC_CMD_PARTS_ALLOW_TXN_NUMBER_YES;
 
-   BSON_ASSERT (bson_iter_init (&iter, &command->cmd_opts));
+   BSON_ASSERT (bson_iter_init (&iter, command->cmd_opts));
    if (!mongoc_cmd_parts_append_opts (&parts, &iter, error)) {
       bson_destroy (&cmd);
       mongoc_cmd_parts_cleanup (&parts);
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ _mongoc_write_command_destroy (mongoc_write_command_t *command)
    ENTRY;
 
    if (command) {
-      bson_destroy (&command->cmd_opts);
+      bson_destroy (command->cmd_opts);
       _mongoc_buffer_destroy (&command->payload);
    }
 
diff --git a/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-bulk.c b/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-bulk.c
index f62e590b2c1..80d6bfd7371 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-bulk.c
+++ b/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-bulk.c
@@ -4807,6 +4807,54 @@ test_multiple_execution (void)
    mongoc_client_destroy (client);
 }
 
+// `test_bulk_big_let` tests a bulk operation with a large let document to reproduce CDRIVER-6112:
+static void
+test_bulk_big_let (void *unused)
+{
+   BSON_UNUSED (unused);
+
+   mongoc_client_t *client = test_framework_new_default_client ();
+   mongoc_collection_t *coll = get_test_collection (client, "test_big_let");
+   bson_error_t error;
+
+   // Create bulk operation similar to PHP driver:
+   mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk = mongoc_bulk_operation_new (true /* ordered */);
+
+   // Set a large `let`: { "testDocument": { "a": "aaa..." } }
+   {
+      bson_t let = BSON_INITIALIZER, testDocument;
+      bson_append_document_begin (&let, "testDocument", -1, &testDocument);
+
+      // Append big string:
+      {
+         size_t num_chars = 79;
+         char *big_string = bson_malloc0 (num_chars + 1);
+         memset (big_string, 'a', num_chars);
+         BSON_APPEND_UTF8 (&testDocument, "a", big_string);
+         bson_free (big_string);
+      }
+
+      bson_append_document_end (&let, &testDocument);
+      mongoc_bulk_operation_set_let (bulk, &let);
+      bson_destroy (&let);
+   }
+
+
+   mongoc_bulk_operation_set_client (bulk, client);
+   mongoc_bulk_operation_set_database (bulk, "db");
+   mongoc_bulk_operation_set_collection (bulk, "coll");
+
+   mongoc_bulk_operation_update (
+      bulk, tmp_bson ("{'_id': 1}"), tmp_bson ("{'$set': {'document': '$$testDocument'}}"), true);
+
+
+   ASSERT_OR_PRINT (mongoc_bulk_operation_execute (bulk, NULL, &error), error);
+
+   mongoc_bulk_operation_destroy (bulk);
+   mongoc_collection_destroy (coll);
+   mongoc_client_destroy (client);
+}
+
 
 void
 test_bulk_install (TestSuite *suite)
@@ -4985,4 +5033,11 @@ test_bulk_install (TestSuite *suite)
                                 "/BulkOperation/set_client_updates_operation_id_when_client_changes",
                                 test_bulk_write_set_client_updates_operation_id_when_client_changes);
    TestSuite_AddLive (suite, "/BulkOperation/multiple_execution", test_multiple_execution);
+   TestSuite_AddFull (
+      suite,
+      "/BulkOperation/big_let",
+      test_bulk_big_let,
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
+      test_framework_skip_if_max_wire_version_less_than_13 /* 5.0+ for 'let' support in CRUD commands */);
 }