diff --git a/.changes/fs-watch-event-format.md b/.changes/fs-watch-event-format.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1d498df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fs-watch-event-format.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"fs": major
+"fs-js": major
+---
+
+**Breaking:** The `notify` crate's `serialization-compat-6` feature is no longer enabled, so `WatchEvent` now follows notify v8's format: the event kind is flattened into the event, with `type` holding the top-level kind (`any`, `access`, `create`, `modify`, `remove` or `other`) and `kind`/`mode` refining it. For instance `{ type: { modify: { kind: 'data', mode: 'content' } } }` is now `{ type: 'modify', kind: 'data', mode: 'content' }`, and `attrs.flag` is `rescan` instead of `Rescan`. `WatchEvent.attrs` is now typed as `WatchEventAttributes`.
diff --git a/plugins/fs/Cargo.toml b/plugins/fs/Cargo.toml
index 79b92330b..ae78d4016 100644
--- a/plugins/fs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/fs/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ url = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = "1"
 glob = { workspace = true }
-# TODO: Remove `serialization-compat-6` in v3
-notify = { version = "8", optional = true, features = [
-  "serde",
-  "serialization-compat-6",
-] }
+notify = { version = "8", optional = true, features = ["serde"] }
 notify-debouncer-full = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 dunce = { workspace = true }
 percent-encoding = "2"
diff --git a/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts b/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts
index 9d8aceff8..cf0a8182e 100644
--- a/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts
@@ -1184,24 +1184,57 @@ interface DebouncedWatchOptions extends WatchOptions {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Additional attributes of a {@linkcode WatchEvent}.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+interface WatchEventAttributes {
+  /** Tracker ID that groups related events, e.g. both sides of a rename. */
+  tracker?: number
+  /**
+   * `rescan` means some events may have been missed, so any file or folder might have been modified.
+   */
+  flag?: 'rescan'
+  /** Short string identifying the details of an `other` event. */
+  info?: string
+  /** Short string identifying the backend that generated the event. */
+  source?: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * A file system event.
+ *
+ * The event kind is flattened into the event: `type` is the top-level kind and,
+ * for `access`, `create`, `modify` and `remove` events, `kind` (and `mode` when available)
+ * refines it.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * import { watch } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
+ * await watch('/path/to/file', (event) => {
+ *   if (event.type === 'modify' && event.kind === 'data') {
+ *     console.log('data changed', event.paths, event.mode);
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
-interface WatchEvent {
-  type: WatchEventKind
+type WatchEvent = WatchEventKind & {
   paths: string[]
-  attrs: unknown
+  attrs: WatchEventAttributes
 }
 
 /**
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
 type WatchEventKind =
-  | 'any'
-  | { access: WatchEventKindAccess }
-  | { create: WatchEventKindCreate }
-  | { modify: WatchEventKindModify }
-  | { remove: WatchEventKindRemove }
-  | 'other'
+  | { type: 'any' }
+  | ({ type: 'access' } & WatchEventKindAccess)
+  | ({ type: 'create' } & WatchEventKindCreate)
+  | ({ type: 'modify' } & WatchEventKindModify)
+  | ({ type: 'remove' } & WatchEventKindRemove)
+  | { type: 'other' }
 
 /**
  * @since 2.0.0
@@ -1437,6 +1470,7 @@ export type {
   WatchOptions,
   DebouncedWatchOptions,
   WatchEvent,
+  WatchEventAttributes,
   WatchEventKind,
   WatchEventKindAccess,
   WatchEventKindCreate,
diff --git a/plugins/fs/src/watcher.rs b/plugins/fs/src/watcher.rs
index de9a85d31..8d5b1d5fc 100644
--- a/plugins/fs/src/watcher.rs
+++ b/plugins/fs/src/watcher.rs
@@ -102,3 +102,34 @@ pub fn watch<R: Runtime>(
 
     Ok(rid)
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use notify::{
+        event::{DataChange, ModifyKind},
+        Event, EventKind,
+    };
+
+    // the `WatchEvent` type of the JavaScript API relies on this format
+    #[test]
+    fn event_kind_is_flattened_into_the_event() {
+        let event = Event::new(EventKind::Modify(ModifyKind::Data(DataChange::Content)))
+            .add_path("/tmp/file".into());
+        assert_eq!(
+            serde_json::to_value(event).unwrap(),
+            serde_json::json!({
+                "type": "modify",
+                "kind": "data",
+                "mode": "content",
+                "paths": ["/tmp/file"],
+                "attrs": {}
+            })
+        );
+
+        let event = Event::new(EventKind::Any);
+        assert_eq!(
+            serde_json::to_value(event).unwrap(),
+            serde_json::json!({ "type": "any", "paths": [], "attrs": {} })
+        );
+    }
+}