diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/libopenmpt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/libopenmpt/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b2b5ebecd7e2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/libopenmpt/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, zlib, pkg-config, mpg123, libogg, libvorbis, portaudio, libsndfile, flac
-, usePulseAudio ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux, libpulseaudio }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libopenmpt";
-  version = "0.5.11";
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" ];
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://lib.openmpt.org/files/libopenmpt/src/libopenmpt-${version}+release.autotools.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1c54lldr2imjzhlhq5lvwhj7d5794xm97cby9pznr5wdjjay0sa4";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Fix pending upstream inclusion for gcc-12 include headers:
-    #  https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/pull/8
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc-12.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/OpenMPT/openmpt/commit/6e7a43190ef2f9ba0b3efc19b9527261b69ec8f7.patch";
-      sha256 = "081m1rf09bbrlg52aihaajmld5dcnwbp6y7zpyik92mm332r330h";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ zlib mpg123 libogg libvorbis portaudio libsndfile flac ]
-  ++ lib.optional usePulseAudio libpulseaudio;
-
-  configureFlags = lib.optional (!usePulseAudio) "--without-pulseaudio";
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform command-line based module file player";
-    homepage = "https://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ OPNA2608 ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libopenmpt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libopenmpt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35a79e3b358b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libopenmpt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{ config
+, lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, zlib
+, pkg-config
+, mpg123
+, libogg
+, libvorbis
+, portaudio
+, libsndfile
+, flac
+, usePulseAudio ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux
+, libpulseaudio
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libopenmpt";
+  version = "0.6.2";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "bin" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://lib.openmpt.org/files/libopenmpt/src/libopenmpt-${version}+release.autotools.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1dp645gg6d3pzjh82srq1d7qvyxi5h22k7yfdjiyzbyry8pxdh2h";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib
+    mpg123
+    libogg
+    libvorbis
+    portaudio
+    libsndfile
+    flac
+  ] ++ lib.optional usePulseAudio libpulseaudio;
+
+  configureFlags = lib.optional (!usePulseAudio) "--without-pulseaudio";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    moveToOutput share/doc $dev
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Cross-platform C++ and C library to decode tracked music files into a raw PCM audio stream";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libopenmpt is a cross-platform C++ and C library to decode tracked music files (modules) into a raw PCM audio stream.
+      openmpt123 is a cross-platform command-line or terminal based module file player.
+      libopenmpt is based on the player code of the OpenMPT project.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ OPNA2608 ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libopenmpt/update.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libopenmpt/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2d4e5afac0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libopenmpt/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts curl xmlstarlet
+
+attr=libopenmpt
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# Get update notifications, remove updates for libopenmpt-modplug, find latest eligible & extract versions
+versions="$(
+  curl -s 'https://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/feed.xml' |
+  xmlstarlet sel -N atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" -t -m /atom:feed/atom:entry -v atom:title -n |
+  grep -v 'libopenmpt-modplug' | head -n1 |
+  grep -Eo '([0-9][^,\s]+)' | tr '\n' ' '
+)"
+echo "Latest $attr versions: $versions"
+
+# Find a version that is > current version and not a rc
+# rc's have different download path and a full release will usually follow shortly
+currentVersion="$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; $attr.version" | tr -d '"')"
+echo "Current $attr version: $currentVersion"
+for version in $versions; do
+  (echo "$version" | grep -q 'rc') && continue
+  [ "$version" = "$(printf '%s\n%s' "$version" "$currentVersion" | sort -V | head -n1)" ] && continue
+
+  echo "Updating to $version. Please check if other versions qualify for backport to stable!"
+  update-source-version "$attr" "$version"
+  exit 0
+done
+
+echo "No version eligible for bump."
+exit 0
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4dab4dd8153d..53c13e6722cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28309,7 +28309,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vivaldi-widevine = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/widevine.nix { };
 
-  libopenmpt = callPackage ../applications/audio/libopenmpt { };
+  libopenmpt = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/libopenmpt { };
 
   openrazer-daemon = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication openrazer-daemon;