diff --git a/docs/docs/usage.md b/docs/docs/usage.md
index 840f15e6..98f09705 100644
--- a/docs/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/docs/usage.md
@@ -1292,8 +1292,8 @@ Task also adds the following functions:
   based on a base path (first argument). The same as Go's
   [filepath.Rel](https://pkg.go.dev/path/filepath#Rel).
 - `merge`: Creates a new map that is a copy of the first map with the keys of
-  the second map merged into it. If there are duplicate keys, the value of the
-  second map is used.
+  each subsequent map merged into it. If there is a duplicate key, the value of
+  the last map with that key is used.
 - `spew`: Returns the Go representation of a specific variable. Useful for
   debugging. Uses the [davecgh/go-spew](https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew)
   package.
diff --git a/internal/templater/funcs.go b/internal/templater/funcs.go
index 859ef9f7..231ad041 100644
--- a/internal/templater/funcs.go
+++ b/internal/templater/funcs.go
@@ -53,15 +53,21 @@ func init() {
 		"relPath": func(basePath, targetPath string) (string, error) {
 			return filepath.Rel(basePath, targetPath)
 		},
-		"merge": func(a, b map[string]any) map[string]any {
-			m := make(map[string]any, len(a)+len(b))
-			for k, v := range a {
-				m[k] = v
+		"merge": func(base map[string]any, v ...map[string]any) map[string]any {
+			cap := len(v)
+			for _, m := range v {
+				cap += len(m)
 			}
-			for k, v := range b {
-				m[k] = v
+			result := make(map[string]any, cap)
+			for k, v := range base {
+				result[k] = v
 			}
-			return m
+			for _, m := range v {
+				for k, v := range m {
+					result[k] = v
+				}
+			}
+			return result
 		},
 		"spew": func(v any) string {
 			return spew.Sdump(v)
diff --git a/testdata/vars/any/Taskfile.yml b/testdata/vars/any/Taskfile.yml
index 7226cd98..a2eb2767 100644
--- a/testdata/vars/any/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/testdata/vars/any/Taskfile.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ tasks:
   map:
     vars:
       MAP_1: {A: 1, B: 2, C: 3}
-      MAP_2: {D: 4, E: 5, F: 6}
+      MAP_2: {B: 4, C: 5, D: 6}
+      MAP_3: {C: 7, D: 8, E: 9}
     cmds:
-      - echo '{{merge .MAP_1 .MAP_2}}'
+      - echo '{{merge .MAP_1 .MAP_2 .MAP_3}}'
 
   for-string:
     vars: