diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix
index 77abc0c7ed4b..47c8f6c5e568 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ playerctl, libxkbcommon, callPackage, attrs ? {} }:
+{ fetchpatch, playerctl, libxkbcommon, callPackage, attrs ? {} }:
 
 let
   pkg = callPackage ./build.nix ({
@@ -15,4 +15,11 @@ in pkg.overrideAttrs (o: {
   makeFlags = o.makeFlags ++ [
     "PLAYERCTL=1"
   ];
+
+  patches = (o.patches or []) ++ [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/geommer/yabar/commit/008dc1420ff684cf12ce2ef3ac9d642e054e39f5.patch";
+      sha256 = "1q7nd66ai6nr2m6iqxn55gvbr4r5gjc00c8wyjc3riv31qcbqbhv";
+    })
+  ];
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
index 15e7a772bbd1..d1edbf94fe07 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
-{ stdenv, meson, ninja, fetchFromGitHub, glib, pkgconfig, gobject-introspection }:
+{ stdenv, meson, ninja, fetchFromGitHub, glib, pkgconfig, gtk-doc, docbook_xsl, gobject-introspection }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "playerctl-${version}";
-  version = "0.6.1";
+  version = "2.0.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "acrisci";
     repo = "playerctl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0jnylj5d6i29c5y6yjxg1a88r2qfbac5pj95f2aljjkfh9428jbb";
+    sha256 = "0j1fvcc80307ybl1z9l752sr4bcza2fmb8qdivpnm4xmm82faigb";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gobject-introspection ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gtk-doc docbook_xsl gobject-introspection ];
   buildInputs = [ glib ];
 
-  # docs somehow crashes the install phase:
-  # https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl/issues/85
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Dgtk-doc=false" ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement MPRIS";
     homepage = https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl;
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ puffnfresh ];
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   };
 }