diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/music-assistant.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/music-assistant.nix
index 7757310817a1..c0aaacc756b6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/music-assistant.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/music-assistant.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ in
       allowedTCPPorts =
         lib.optional cfg.enable 8097 # Music Assistant stream port
         ++ lib.optional (lib.elem "airplay" cfg.providers) 7000
-        ++ lib.optional (lib.elem "sendspin" cfg.providers) 8927;
+        ++ lib.optional (lib.elem "sendspin" cfg.providers) 8927
+        ++ lib.optional (lib.elem "snapcast" cfg.providers) 1780;
       # The information published by Apple 1 seem to not apply to libraop.
       # The closest we could find that represents the port range being used as observed by tcpdump is the ephemeral port range.
       # 1: https://support.apple.com/en-us/103229#:~:text=49152%E2%80%93-,65535,-TCP%2C%20UDP
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ in
 
     services.avahi = lib.mkIf (lib.elem "airplay_receiver" cfg.providers) {
       enable = true;
+      openFirewall = lib.mkIf cfg.openFirewall true;
       publish = {
         enable = true;
         userServices = true;
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ in
         ++ lib.optionals (lib.elem "airplay_receiver" cfg.providers) [
           shairport-sync
         ]
-        ++ lib.optionals (lib.elem "spotify" cfg.providers) [
+        ++ lib.optionals (lib.elem "spotify" cfg.providers || lib.elem "spotify_connect" cfg.providers) [
           librespot-ma
         ]
         ++ lib.optionals (lib.elem "snapcast" cfg.providers) [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cliairplay/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cliairplay/package.nix
index 9b5aa51a4fe9..389e973e6cb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cliairplay/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cliairplay/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   bison,
   curl,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   ffmpeg-headless,
   flex,
   gperf,
@@ -26,26 +25,18 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "cliairplay";
   # see the beginning of configure.ac for the upstream version number
-  version = "0.2-unstable-2025-12-30";
+  version = "1.1-unstable-2026-03-16";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "music-assistant";
     repo = "cliairplay";
     # we try to closely match the commit used in the last music-assistant release from
     # https://github.com/music-assistant/server/tree/stable/music_assistant/providers/airplay/bin
-    rev = "4660d886585d6bf8f32e889feec2a0e8975c51dc";
+    rev = "991c65acc2afa17ffe32e279dbc585b0b7f530f8";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-oDStn9LdLYWKhZNm7Qfdibs4qsct8gE3RZbTKooQeOM=";
+    hash = "sha256-m1O4l6gFEGNAyskYcRHcA15cubZnNgkaYjdVThRRX7w=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Support gettext 0.25
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/music-assistant/cliairplay/commit/92a2445d64c476d740feba1f31c7e5bc768701b7.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-/YnopvAGHHnQhfr2X1OenLMoF4ZlUq9x8tQZha/XfbQ=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     bison
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libraop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libraop/package.nix
index 036cc1e311da..580213bc0865 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libraop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libraop/package.nix
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libraop";
-  version = "0-unstable-2026-02-09";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-02-20";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "music-assistant";
     repo = "libraop";
     # we try to closely match the commit used in the last music-assistant release from
     # https://github.com/music-assistant/server/tree/stable/music_assistant/providers/airplay/bin
-    rev = "f49284282ea4ea740d07fabc230b4182f8c69a74";
+    rev = "df3c055674c147eeaa9307b7d554b9d46ed6418a";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-m1ll5vRZx4d/5IWCG24yY/SWEIIz2k/iU84vQKHlCdo=";
+    hash = "sha256-zD1DggBQjbiD7B/u0hmogXj8NhrzYgVXMyzvHkaM4Hg=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/builtin-snapcast-server.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/builtin-snapcast-server.patch
index f361e9a7c235..27da1d878827 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/builtin-snapcast-server.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/builtin-snapcast-server.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/constants.py b/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/constants.py
-index eb5ecb1a..92f03212 100644
+index 8c897c72..d89a0cd2 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/constants.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/constants.py
-@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ CONTROL_SOCKET_PATH_TEMPLATE = "/tmp/ma-snapcast-{queue_id}.sock"  # noqa: S108
+@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
  MASS_STREAM_PREFIX = "Music Assistant - "
  MASS_ANNOUNCEMENT_POSTFIX = " (announcement)"
  SNAPWEB_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve().joinpath("snapweb")
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ index eb5ecb1a..92f03212 100644
  DEFAULT_SNAPCAST_FORMAT = AudioFormat(
      content_type=ContentType.PCM_S16LE,
 diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/provider.py b/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/provider.py
-index 94c197fc..9a344f53 100644
+index 049fb934..316b6cf8 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/provider.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/providers/snapcast/provider.py
-@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from music_assistant.providers.snapcast.constants import (
+@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
      CONF_STREAM_IDLE_THRESHOLD,
      CONF_USE_EXTERNAL_SERVER,
      CONTROL_SCRIPT,
 +    CONTROL_SCRIPT_DIR,
-     CONTROL_SOCKET_PATH_TEMPLATE,
+     DEFAULT_SNAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE,
+     DEFAULT_SNAPSERVER_PLUGIN_DIR,
      DEFAULT_SNAPSERVER_PORT,
-     SNAPWEB_DIR,
-@@ -215,6 +216,10 @@ class SnapCastProvider(PlayerProvider):
+@@ -270,6 +271,10 @@ async def _builtin_server_runner(self) -> None:
  
          args = [
              "snapserver",
@@ -34,23 +34,14 @@ index 94c197fc..9a344f53 100644
 +            "--config=/dev/null",
              # config settings taken from
              # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/badaix/snapcast/86cd4b2b63e750a72e0dfe6a46d47caf01426c8d/server/etc/snapserver.conf
-             f"--server.datadir={self.mass.storage_path}",
-@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ class SnapCastProvider(PlayerProvider):
-             f"--stream.buffer={self._snapcast_server_buffer_size}",
-             f"--stream.chunk_ms={self._snapcast_server_chunk_ms}",
-             f"--stream.codec={self._snapcast_server_transport_codec}",
-+            f"--stream.plugin_dir={CONTROL_SCRIPT_DIR}",
+             f"--config={self._snapcast_server_config_file}",
+@@ -286,8 +291,7 @@ async def _builtin_server_runner(self) -> None:
              f"--stream.send_to_muted={str(self._snapcast_server_send_to_muted).lower()}",
              f"--streaming_client.initial_volume={self._snapcast_server_initial_volume}",
          ]
-@@ -243,9 +249,7 @@ class SnapCastProvider(PlayerProvider):
-                         # Copy control script after snapserver starts
-                         # (run in executor to avoid blocking)
-                         loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
--                        self._controlscript_available = await loop.run_in_executor(
--                            None, self._setup_controlscript
--                        )
-+                        self._controlscript_available = True
- 
-     def _get_ma_id(self, snap_client_id: str) -> str:
-         search_dict = self._ids_map.inverse
+-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+-        plugin_dir = await loop.run_in_executor(None, self._setup_controlscript)
++        plugin_dir = CONTROL_SCRIPT_DIR
+         if plugin_dir is not None:
+             args.append(f"--stream.plugin_dir={plugin_dir}")
+             self._controlscript_available = True
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/cliraop-cliap2.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/cliraop-cliap2.patch
index 33b856711eed..670de7d1bfe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/cliraop-cliap2.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/cliraop-cliap2.patch
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/airplay/helpers.py b/music_assistant/providers/airplay/helpers.py
-index c5fef7eb..a628622d 100644
+index 0d03b2cd..9cd59cf0 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/providers/airplay/helpers.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/providers/airplay/helpers.py
-@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
- import os
- import platform
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
+ import socket
  import time
+ from ipaddress import ip_address
 +from shutil import which
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
  
- from zeroconf import IPVersion
-@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ async def check_binary(cli_path: str) -> str | None:
+ from music_assistant_models.enums import ContentType
+@@ -226,7 +227,6 @@ async def check_binary(cli_path: str) -> str | None:
              pass
          return None
  
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ index c5fef7eb..a628622d 100644
      system = platform.system().lower().replace("darwin", "macos")
      architecture = platform.machine().lower()
  
-@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ async def check_binary(cli_path: str) -> str | None:
+@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ async def check_binary(cli_path: str) -> str | None:
          raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported streaming protocol requested: {protocol}")
  
      if bridge_binary := await check_binary(
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/dont-install-deps.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/dont-install-deps.patch
index 0c6569078400..d074e18fa67c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/dont-install-deps.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/dont-install-deps.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/music_assistant/helpers/util.py b/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
-index bc14912b..0527a831 100644
+index e91cd933..ed96d9b5 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
-@@ -495,30 +495,11 @@ async def load_provider_module(domain: str, requirements: list[str]) -> Provider
+@@ -602,30 +602,11 @@ def _get_provider_module(domain: str) -> ProviderModuleType:
              "ProviderModuleType", importlib.import_module(f".{domain}", "music_assistant.providers")
          )
  
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ index bc14912b..0527a831 100644
  async def has_tmpfs_mount() -> bool:
      """Check if we have a tmpfs mount."""
 diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py b/music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py
-index 9cc5981a..dc424b0b 100644
+index 0ac8a70f..5d74e25b 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py
-@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ class YoutubeMusicProvider(MusicProvider):
+@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ class YoutubeMusicProvider(MusicProvider):
      async def handle_async_init(self) -> None:
          """Set up the YTMusic provider."""
          logging.getLogger("yt_dlp").setLevel(self.logger.level + 10)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ index 9cc5981a..dc424b0b 100644
          self._cookie = self.config.get_value(CONF_COOKIE)
          self._po_token_server_url = (
              self.config.get_value(CONF_PO_TOKEN_SERVER_URL) or DEFAULT_PO_TOKEN_SERVER_URL
-@@ -1091,8 +1090,6 @@ class YoutubeMusicProvider(MusicProvider):
+@@ -1103,8 +1102,6 @@ async def _install_packages(self) -> None:
          # NOTE: Google breaks things quite often which requires us to update
          # some packages very frequently. Installing them dynamically prevents
          # us from having to update MA to ensure this provider works.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/ffmpeg.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/ffmpeg.patch
index 7f503117877e..a9af5333b828 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/ffmpeg.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/ffmpeg.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 diff --git a/music_assistant/controllers/streams/smart_fades/fades.py b/music_assistant/controllers/streams/smart_fades/fades.py
-index 03c11ef9..460d53a6 100644
+index 59246cce..673c3a10 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/controllers/streams/smart_fades/fades.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/controllers/streams/smart_fades/fades.py
-@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class SmartFade(ABC):
-         async with aiofiles.open(fadeout_filename, "wb") as outfile:
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async def apply(
              await outfile.write(fade_out_part)
+ 
          args = [
 -            "ffmpeg",
 +            "@ffmpeg@",
@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ index 03c11ef9..460d53a6 100644
              "-loglevel",
              "error",
 diff --git a/music_assistant/helpers/audio.py b/music_assistant/helpers/audio.py
-index 0674b009..53158f4d 100644
+index f7828a58..698751f9 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/helpers/audio.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/helpers/audio.py
-@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async def strip_silence(
-     reverse: bool = False,
- ) -> bytes:
-     """Strip silence from begin or end of pcm audio using ffmpeg."""
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ async def strip_silence(
+     :param pcm_format: AudioFormat of the audio data.
+     :param reverse: If True, strip from end instead of beginning.
+     """
 -    args = ["ffmpeg", "-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "quiet"]
 +    args = ["@ffmpeg@", "-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "quiet"]
      args += [
          "-acodec",
          pcm_format.content_type.name.lower(),
-@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ async def get_silence(
+@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ async def get_silence(
          return
      # use ffmpeg for all other encodings
      args = [
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ index 0674b009..53158f4d 100644
          "-loglevel",
          "quiet",
 diff --git a/music_assistant/helpers/ffmpeg.py b/music_assistant/helpers/ffmpeg.py
-index 9ea5ea0c..51b1d62b 100644
+index 9b7b1bbb..822424dc 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/helpers/ffmpeg.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/helpers/ffmpeg.py
-@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def get_ffmpeg_args(  # noqa: PLR0915
+@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def get_ffmpeg_args(  # noqa: PLR0915
          extra_output_args = []
      # generic args
      generic_args = [
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ index 9ea5ea0c..51b1d62b 100644
          "-hide_banner",
          "-loglevel",
          loglevel,
-@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ async def check_ffmpeg_version() -> None:
+@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ async def check_ffmpeg_version() -> None:
      """Check if ffmpeg is present (with libsoxr support)."""
      # check for FFmpeg presence
      try:
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ index 9ea5ea0c..51b1d62b 100644
          raise AudioError(
              "FFmpeg binary is missing from system. "
 diff --git a/music_assistant/helpers/tags.py b/music_assistant/helpers/tags.py
-index fe83301c..d35760b6 100644
+index b50633f0..51e8ec7b 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/helpers/tags.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/helpers/tags.py
-@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def parse_tags(
+@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ def parse_tags(
      Input_file may be a (local) filename or URL accessible by ffmpeg.
      """
      args = (
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ index fe83301c..d35760b6 100644
          "-hide_banner",
          "-loglevel",
          "fatal",
-@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ def get_file_duration(input_file: str) -> float:
+@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ def get_file_duration(input_file: str) -> float:
      NOT Async friendly.
      """
      args = (
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ index fe83301c..d35760b6 100644
          "-hide_banner",
          "-loglevel",
          "info",
-@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ async def get_embedded_image(input_file: str) -> bytes | None:
+@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ async def get_embedded_image(input_file: str) -> bytes | None:
  
      # Use FFmpeg for all other cases (URLs, ID3 tags, Vorbis comments, etc.)
      args = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/fix-webserver-tests-in-sandbox.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/fix-webserver-tests-in-sandbox.patch
index 69b6a0f3f52b..abcc674c972c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/fix-webserver-tests-in-sandbox.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/fix-webserver-tests-in-sandbox.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/music_assistant/helpers/util.py b/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
-index 377c7221..aaf6460d 100644
+index e91cd933..088e76b7 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/helpers/util.py
-@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ async def get_ip_addresses(include_ipv6: bool = False) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def call() -> tuple[str, ...]:
                      continue
                  # ifaddr returns IPv6 addresses as (address, flowinfo, scope_id) tuples
                  ip_str = ip.ip[0] if isinstance(ip.ip, tuple) else ip.ip
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/frontend.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/frontend.nix
index b401e501ccc1..ab091182c71e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/frontend.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/frontend.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,19 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  music-assistant,
   setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "music-assistant-frontend";
-  version = "2.17.73";
+  version = "2.17.146";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "music_assistant_frontend";
     inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-vmZa98pT5Cg22fa73/KTrMUqP4Axc1y4x710HCxBzIY=";
+    hash = "sha256-VU2SXL6SLFiKntmJJtCabBOYOeImYFPHYxvMPmnhmEc=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -27,6 +28,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Music Assistant frontend";
     homepage = "https://github.com/music-assistant/frontend";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hexa ];
+    inherit (music-assistant.meta) maintainers;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/librespot.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/librespot.patch
index 268b7339834c..053d9df434c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/librespot.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/librespot.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/spotify/helpers.py b/music_assistant/prov
 index fe7af648..3f5121de 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/providers/spotify/helpers.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/providers/spotify/helpers.py
-@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import asyncio
+@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  import os
  import platform
  import time
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ index fe7af648..3f5121de 100644
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
  from urllib.parse import urlencode
  
-@@ -35,12 +36,8 @@ async def get_librespot_binary() -> str:
+@@ -35,12 +36,8 @@ async def check_librespot(librespot_path: str) -> str | None:
          except OSError:
              return None
  
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix
index bf28c26fbe79..f98fb76bfcce 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix
@@ -14,20 +14,12 @@ let
     packageOverrides = self: super: {
       music-assistant-frontend = self.callPackage ./frontend.nix { };
 
-      music-assistant-models = super.music-assistant-models.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-        version = "1.1.86";
+      music-assistant-models = super.music-assistant-models.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+        version = "1.1.115";
 
-        src = fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "music-assistant";
-          repo = "models";
-          tag = version;
-          hash = "sha256-dQwFsuelp/3s2CO/5jxNrZcmWxE9xYhrpx0O37Tq/TQ=";
+        src = oldAttrs.src.override {
+          hash = "sha256-oEXL0B8JNH4PcltpES375ov7QGs+gtYKlMGr1B7BlKY=";
         };
-
-        postPatch = ''
-          substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-            --replace-fail "0.0.0" "${version}"
-        '';
       });
     };
   };
@@ -40,16 +32,20 @@ let
 
   pythonPath = python.pkgs.makePythonPath providerDependencies;
 in
+
+assert
+  (lib.elem "ariacast" providers) -> throw "music-assistant: ariacast has not been packaged, yet.";
+
 python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "music-assistant";
-  version = "2.7.11";
+  version = "2.8.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "music-assistant";
     repo = "server";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-HLd7PAYdBzpzdfCRPc4elPq3KfzusIXYXTV8fRmo1lU=";
+    hash = "sha256-/yKnUklNQMsumzj68KIfMN/h7Xsr3Brmwpicam9xuAY=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -86,16 +82,14 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail "0.0.0" "${version}"
-
-    # get-mac is a deprecated alias of getmac since 2018
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail "get-mac" "getmac"
+      --replace-fail "0.0.0" "${version}" \
+      --replace-fail "==" ">="
 
     rm -rv \
       music_assistant/providers/airplay/bin/{cliap2-*,cliraop-*} \
       music_assistant/providers/airplay_receiver/bin/{build_binaries.sh,shairport-sync-*} \
-      music_assistant/providers/spotify/bin
+      music_assistant/providers/ariacast_receiver/bin/ariacast_* \
+      music_assistant/providers/spotify/bin/librespot-*
 
     found_bins=$(find music_assistant/ -wholename '*/bin/*' -type f -executable -print0 | tr '\0' ' ')
     if [[ -n $found_bins ]]; then
@@ -109,21 +103,12 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
-    "aiofiles"
     "aiohttp"
     "aiosqlite"
-    "certifi"
-    "colorlog"
     "cryptography"
-    "getmac"
     "mashumaro"
-    "numpy"
     "orjson"
-    "pillow"
-    "podcastparser"
-    "pycares"
     "xmltodict"
-    "zeroconf"
   ];
 
   pythonRemoveDeps = [
@@ -131,44 +116,50 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "uv"
   ];
 
-  dependencies = with python.pkgs; [
-    # Only packages required in pyproject.toml
-    aiodns
-    aiofiles
-    aiohttp
-    aiohttp-asyncmdnsresolver
-    aiohttp-fast-zlib
-    aiortc
-    aiorun
-    aiosqlite
-    awesomeversion
-    brotli
-    certifi
-    chardet
-    colorlog
-    cryptography
-    getmac
-    gql
-    ifaddr
-    librosa
-    mashumaro
-    music-assistant-frontend
-    music-assistant-models
-    mutagen
-    orjson
-    pillow
-    podcastparser
-    propcache
-    python-slugify
-    shortuuid
-    unidecode
-    xmltodict
-    zeroconf
+  dependencies =
+    with python.pkgs;
+    [
+      # Only packages required in pyproject.toml
+      aiodns
+      aiofiles
+      aiohttp
+      aiohttp-asyncmdnsresolver
+      aiohttp-fast-zlib
+      aiohttp-socks
+      aiortc
+      aiosqlite
+      awesomeversion
+      brotli
+      certifi
+      chardet
+      colorlog
+      cryptography
+      getmac
+      gql
+      ifaddr
+      librosa
+      mashumaro
+      music-assistant-frontend
+      music-assistant-models
+      mutagen
+      numpy
+      orjson
+      pillow
+      podcastparser
+      propcache
+      pyjwt
+      python-slugify
+      shortuuid
+      unidecode
+      xmltodict
+      zeroconf
 
-    # Used in music_assistant/controllers/webserver/helpers/auth_providers.py
-    # but somehow not part of pyproject.toml
-    hass-client
-  ];
+      # Used in music_assistant/controllers/webserver/helpers/auth_providers.py
+      # but somehow not part of pyproject.toml
+      hass-client
+    ]
+    ++ gql.optional-dependencies.all
+    ++ pyjwt.optional-dependencies.crypto;
 
   optional-dependencies = with python.pkgs; {
     # Required subset of optional-dependencies in pyproject.toml
@@ -185,19 +176,26 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       pytestCheckHook
     ]
     ++ lib.concatAttrValues optional-dependencies
+    ++ (providerPackages.audible python.pkgs)
+    ++ (providerPackages.dlna python.pkgs)
     ++ (providerPackages.jellyfin python.pkgs)
     ++ (providerPackages.opensubsonic python.pkgs)
+    ++ (providerPackages.sendspin python.pkgs)
     ++ (providerPackages.tidal python.pkgs);
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
     # no multicast support in build sandbox:
     # "OSError: [Errno 19] No such device"
-    "tests/providers/jellyfin/test_init.py::test_initial_sync"
-    "tests/core/test_server_base.py::test_start_and_stop_server"
-    "tests/core/test_server_base.py::test_events"
+    "tests/core/test_genres.py"
     # provider is missing dependencies
-    "tests/providers/nicovideo"
     "tests/providers/apple_music"
+    "tests/providers/bandcamp"
+    "tests/providers/kion_music"
+    "tests/providers/nicovideo"
+    "tests/providers/yandex_music"
+    "tests/providers/zvuk_music"
+    # mocking music_assistant.providers.airplay.pairing.AirPlayPairing does not work
+    "tests/providers/airplay/test_player.py::test_start_pairing__pin_decision"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "music_assistant" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/providers.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/providers.nix
index caac5bb1170b..85b96a55d5de 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/providers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/providers.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Do not edit manually, run ./update-providers.py
 
 {
-  version = "2.7.11";
+  version = "2.8.4";
   providers = {
     airplay =
       ps: with ps; [
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
       ps: with ps; [
         gql
       ];
+    ariacast_receiver = ps: [
+    ];
     audible =
       ps: with ps; [
         audible
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
       ps: with ps; [
         aioaudiobookshelf
       ];
+    bandcamp = ps: [
+    ]; # missing bandcamp-async-api
     bbc_sounds =
       ps: with ps; [
         pytz
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@
       ps: with ps; [
         pychromecast
       ];
+    coverartarchive = ps: [
+    ];
+    dashie_kiosk = ps: [
+    ];
     deezer =
       ps: with ps; [
         deezer-python-async
@@ -51,11 +59,16 @@
     dlna =
       ps: with ps; [
         async-upnp-client
+        defusedxml
       ];
+    emby = ps: [
+    ];
     fanarttv = ps: [
     ];
     filesystem_local = ps: [
     ];
+    filesystem_nfs = ps: [
+    ];
     filesystem_smb = ps: [
     ];
     fully_kiosk =
@@ -72,6 +85,10 @@
       ];
     hass_players = ps: [
     ];
+    heos =
+      ps: with ps; [
+        pyheos
+      ];
     ibroadcast = ps: [
     ]; # missing ibroadcastaio
     internet_archive = ps: [
@@ -82,6 +99,8 @@
       ps: with ps; [
         aiojellyfin
       ];
+    kion_music = ps: [
+    ]; # missing yandex-music
     lastfm_scrobble =
       ps: with ps; [
         pylast
@@ -106,6 +125,12 @@
       ps: with ps; [
         py-opensonic
       ];
+    orf_radiothek = ps: [
+    ];
+    pandora = ps: [
+    ];
+    party = ps: [
+    ];
     phishin = ps: [
     ];
     plex =
@@ -146,6 +171,8 @@
         snapcast
         websocket-client
       ];
+    somafm = ps: [
+    ];
     sonos =
       ps: with ps; [
         aiosonos
@@ -163,14 +190,18 @@
       ps: with ps; [
         pkce
       ];
-    spotify_connect = ps: [
-    ];
+    spotify_connect =
+      ps: with ps; [
+        pkce
+      ];
     squeezelite =
       ps: with ps; [
         aioslimproto
       ];
     subsonic_scrobble = ps: [
     ];
+    sync_group = ps: [
+    ];
     test = ps: [
     ];
     theaudiodb = ps: [
@@ -183,10 +214,16 @@
     ];
     universal_group = ps: [
     ];
+    universal_player = ps: [
+    ];
     vban_receiver =
       ps: with ps; [
         aiovban
       ];
+    yandex_music = ps: [
+    ]; # missing yandex-music
+    yousee = ps: [
+    ];
     ytmusic =
       ps: with ps; [
         bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider
@@ -194,5 +231,7 @@
         yt-dlp
         ytmusicapi
       ]; # missing deno
+    zvuk_music = ps: [
+    ]; # missing zvuk-music
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/shairport-sync.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/shairport-sync.patch
index 298d06f59449..a1bbf8176b67 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/shairport-sync.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/shairport-sync.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/airplay_receiver/helpers.py b/music_assistant/providers/airplay_receiver/helpers.py
-index 6f2b35df..dd839b73 100644
+index 6f2b35df..d80dd112 100644
 --- a/music_assistant/providers/airplay_receiver/helpers.py
 +++ b/music_assistant/providers/airplay_receiver/helpers.py
 @@ -22,15 +22,9 @@ async def check_shairport_sync(shairport_path: str) -> str | None:
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py
index cf581050e43c..c464fc1cd5b1 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ async def resolve_providers(manifests) -> Set:
 
             version = await get_package_version(attr)
             if version not in requirement.specifier:
-                errors.append(f"{requirement} not satisifed by version {version}")
+                errors.append(f"{requirement} not satisfied by version {version}")
         providers.add(provider)
     if errors:
         print("\n - ", end="")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioaudiobookshelf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioaudiobookshelf/default.nix
index d3fc84314876..ca0e964e5674 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioaudiobookshelf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioaudiobookshelf/default.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "aioaudiobookshelf";
-  version = "0.1.13";
+  version = "0.1.20";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "music-assistant";
     repo = "aioaudiobookshelf";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-63QqoINXY9gKZnyB0at+2C7c6epuda3UQ1/XwzLKnS0=";
+    hash = "sha256-MEkIcPtNNHvWUBLGRhJGbMnS5cMclGqINuLqvGK8Ivg=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosendspin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosendspin/default.nix
index f9c5f4a92c0f..c7cf72fbf1fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosendspin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosendspin/default.nix
@@ -10,27 +10,37 @@
   aiohttp,
   av,
   mashumaro,
+  numpy,
   orjson,
   pillow,
   zeroconf,
 
+  # test dependencies
+  pytest-aiohttp,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
+  pytest-timeout,
+  pytest-xdist,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+
   # meta
   music-assistant,
+
+  nixosTests,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "aiosendspin";
-  version = "2.1.0";
+  version = "4.4.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Sendspin";
     repo = "aiosendspin";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-9VhNtfXH2r/cGkscz51PIK2/66pPOGv0S0IpO0wFvO4=";
+    hash = "sha256-7edFCGNbECW5rrTbF7vJ4lJUc2IrQZD9VTR3IxJRP08=";
   };
 
-  # https://github.com/Sendspin/aiosendspin/blob/1.2.0/pyproject.toml#L7
+  # https://github.com/Sendspin/aiosendspin/blob/4.4.0/pyproject.toml#L7
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
       --replace-fail 'version = "0.0.0"' 'version = "${version}"'
@@ -44,19 +54,29 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     aiohttp
     av
     mashumaro
+    numpy
     orjson
     pillow
     zeroconf
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # no tests
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-aiohttp
+    pytest-cov-stub
+    pytest-timeout
+    pytest-xdist
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "aiosendspin"
   ];
 
-  # needs manual compat testing with music-assistant (sendspin provider)
-  passthru.skipBulkUpdate = true; # nixpkgs-update: no auto update
+  passthru = {
+    # needs manual compat testing with music-assistant (sendspin provider)
+    skipBulkUpdate = true; # nixpkgs-update: no auto update
+    tests = nixosTests.music-assistant;
+  };
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/Sendspin/aiosendspin/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/liblistenbrainz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/liblistenbrainz/default.nix
index 867fc84fa7d5..4a067f9a4849 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/liblistenbrainz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/liblistenbrainz/default.nix
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "liblistenbrainz";
-  version = "0.6.1";
+  version = "0.7.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "metabrainz";
     repo = "liblistenbrainz";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-2/EUzkC+8u6SQZYstIqJnlWcz74f5UpuXh/r4ImNd0g=";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-fZgIVGDUJ4Dh/7CIOugvpRP7FoijpsgA3bBKJMmDd7o=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/music-assistant-models/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/music-assistant-models/default.nix
index 2f9ebf8addda..74607350c725 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/music-assistant-models/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/music-assistant-models/default.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
   pytest-cov-stub,
 
   # reverse dependencies
+  music-assistant,
   music-assistant-client,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "music-assistant-models";
   # Must be compatible with music-assistant-client package
   # nixpkgs-update: no auto update
@@ -28,13 +29,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "music-assistant";
     repo = "models";
-    tag = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-/eNCgAB5G8g1r2fcW27lySEqg+q/1bJvwwyntigGWjo=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail "0.0.0" "${version}"
+      --replace-fail "0.0.0" "${finalAttrs.version}"
   '';
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   passthru.tests = {
-    inherit music-assistant-client;
+    inherit music-assistant music-assistant-client;
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Models used by Music Assistant (shared by client and server";
+    description = "Models used by Music Assistant (shared by client and server)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/music-assistant/models";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/music-assistant/models/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/music-assistant/models/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-opensonic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-opensonic/default.nix
index a753d84b06fa..f67b8bfc7c02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-opensonic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-opensonic/default.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "py-opensonic";
-  version = "8.1.2";
+  version = "8.1.3";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "khers";
     repo = "py-opensonic";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-lpPRkPLWHzsXhpZ1PVvgNWTQUuuU8N0g7ntqyOAbPlM=";
+    hash = "sha256-p8vcH0rL2ebFzZCouIEJ1EZCJaxpjQeOUtQug3B88T8=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];