diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
index 29fdaa91ebcb..6e232ef1c66f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
     gobject-introspection
     sphinxHook
     python3Packages.pydata-sphinx-theme
+    python3Packages.sphinx-design
+    python3Packages.sphinx-copybutton
   ]
   ++ extraNativeBuildInputs;
 
@@ -132,6 +134,12 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
     "html"
     "man"
   ];
+  # Causes an installManPage error. Not clear why this directory gets generated
+  # with the manpages. The same directory is observed correctly in
+  # $doc/share/doc/beets-${version}/html
+  preInstallSphinx = ''
+    rm -r .sphinx/man/man/_sphinx_design_static
+  '';
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/zsh/site-functions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
index f08a874426cf..39a057cd18c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
 
     beets-stable = callPackage ./common.nix rec {
       inherit python3Packages extraPatches;
-      version = "2.5.0";
+      version = "2.5.1";
       src = fetchFromGitHub {
         owner = "beetbox";
         repo = "beets";
         tag = "v${version}";
-        hash = "sha256-YZvS9oB+v+48i1avQcs6ClnYz4aMqJQ2e6cBiZ4ULb0=";
+        hash = "sha256-H3jcEHyK13+RHVlV4zp+8M3LZ0Jc2FdmAbLpekGozLA=";
       };
     };