diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
index 059174ae0a27..94f97e29af2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
@@ -100,18 +100,13 @@ let
 
 in pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "beets";
-  # While there is a stable version, 1.4.9, it is more than 1000 commits behind
-  # master and lacks many bug fixes and improvements[1]. Also important,
-  # unstable does not require bs1770gain[2].
-  # [1]: https://discourse.beets.io/t/forming-a-beets-core-team/639
-  # [2]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/90504
-  version = "unstable-2021-05-13";
+  version = "1.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "beetbox";
     repo = "beets";
-    rev = "1faa41f8c558d3f4415e5e48cf4513d50b466d34";
-    sha256 = "sha256-P0bV7WNqCYe9+3lqnFmAoRlb2asdsBUjzRMc24RngpU=";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-yQMCJUwpjDDhPffBS6LUq6z4iT1VyFQE0R27XEbYXbY=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -266,7 +261,6 @@ in pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   passthru = {
     # FIXME: remove in favor of pkgs.beetsExternalPlugins
     externalPlugins = beetsExternalPlugins;
-    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { url = "https://github.com/beetbox/beets"; };
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {