diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
index 8d0bffd2b12f..4c02e2a8d7eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
   alsa-topology-conf,
   alsa-ucm-conf,
   testers,
@@ -11,11 +10,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "alsa-lib";
-  version = "1.2.15.3";
+  version = "1.2.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://alsa/lib/alsa-lib-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-ewedYU1YLK3nq42yNk5lJx0Id6N9+HV6xKwMiXC+hh4=";
+    hash = "sha256-EiseMWbVX+GbzeZWU116NvKrEOZscsatL0PyD/3tCpY=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -24,11 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # "libs" field to declare locations for both native and 32bit plugins, in
     # order to support apps with 32bit sound running on x86_64 architecture.
     ./alsa-plugin-conf-multilib.patch
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "CVE-2026-25068.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/commit/5f7fe33002d2d98d84f72e381ec2cccc0d5d3d40.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-4memtcg+FDOctX6wgiCdmnlG+IUS+5rL1f3LcsWS5lw=";
-    })
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
@@ -66,6 +60,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "alsa-topology"
     ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ freebsd;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      nick-linux
+    ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-ucm-conf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-ucm-conf/package.nix
index 5f0e2130bb84..eace84e7b18f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-ucm-conf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-ucm-conf/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   directoryListingUpdater,
   fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
   coreutils,
@@ -10,19 +9,15 @@
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "alsa-ucm-conf";
-  version = "1.2.15.3";
+  version = "1.2.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://alsa/lib/alsa-ucm-conf-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-n3noE8CPyGz6Rt11xPzaGkpRtILbJgfh/PqvuS9YijE=";
+    hash = "sha256-rLyXLW5x7fo0Xnav3xDDmf0PHzz5DYSv20z1G/xKZUg=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # fix for typo in 1.2.15.3 – remove with subsequent release
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-ucm-conf/commit/95377000e849259764f37295e0ddd58fd8a55a76.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-o2qR69jiGXFWM0mxeIhXd+tCvGikYqnoalce1UOVppw=";
-    })
+
   ];
 
   dontBuild = true;
@@ -63,6 +58,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       roastiek
       mvs
+      nick-linux
     ];
 
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.freebsd;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-utils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-utils/package.nix
index ff627a73cc83..4476b715cdcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-utils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-utils/package.nix
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "alsa-utils";
-  version = "1.2.15.2";
+  version = "1.2.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://alsa/utils/alsa-utils-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-eqqvv7AZQhE+wMMeUfcFkQ6BB5IFCIyi+PE3o4aeGjo=";
+    hash = "sha256-CSOZ1eh0mh1eGI45MVdSHOxLdWk7YOu3m7znKM/yIyw=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ];
 
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      nick-linux
+    ];
   };
 })