diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix
index a70360d0d324..a92b64cb87c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   gettext,
   gobject-introspection,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 
   # runtime
   adwaita-icon-theme,
@@ -43,10 +44,9 @@
   python3,
   xvfb-run,
 }:
-
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "quodlibet${tag}";
-  version = "4.6.0-unstable-2024-08-08";
+  version = "4.7.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   outputs = [
@@ -57,14 +57,21 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "quodlibet";
     repo = "quodlibet";
-    rev = "3dcf31dfc8db9806d1f73a47fdabc950d35ded1d";
-    hash = "sha256-8qWuxTvMF6ksDkbZ6wRLPCJK1cSqgGMPac/ht6qVpnA=";
+    tag = "release-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-xr3c1e4tjw2YHuKbvNeUPBIFdHEcpztqXjHVDSSxYlo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./fix-gdist-python-3.12.patch ];
+  # Fix "E   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'" in Python 3.12 or newer
+  patches = [ ./fix-gdist-python-3.12-and-newer.patch ];
 
   build-system = [ python3.pkgs.setuptools ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Fix "FileExistsError: File already exists: /nix/store/<...>-quodlibet-4.7.1/bin/quodlibet"
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail 'quodlibet = "quodlibet.main:main"' ""
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [
       gettext
@@ -128,6 +135,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
       glibcLocales
       hicolor-icon-theme
       xvfb-run
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ]
     ++ (with python3.pkgs; [
       polib
@@ -153,7 +161,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
 
   preCheck = ''
     export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=${librsvg}/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$out/share:${gtk3}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gtk3.name}:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
   '';
 
@@ -168,7 +175,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   '';
 
   preFixup = lib.optionalString (kakasi != null) ''
-    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix PATH : ${kakasi}/bin)
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix PATH : ${lib.getBin kakasi})
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/fix-gdist-python-3.12.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/fix-gdist-python-3.12-and-newer.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/fix-gdist-python-3.12.patch
rename to pkgs/applications/audio/quodlibet/fix-gdist-python-3.12-and-newer.patch