diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix
index de931074091..4021fda68b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "jellyfin-mpv-shim";
-  version = "1.4.2";
+  version = "1.5.11";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "iwalton3";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1cnii5wj0pgqg3dqk5cm6slpbs3730x8ippps4cjbsxcsrmqjpx6";
+    sha256 = "14hm8yccdp7w1vdnvdzafk1byhaq1qsr33i4962s1nvm9lafxkr7";
     fetchSubmodules = true; # needed for display_mirror css file
   };
 
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     rm jellyfin_mpv_shim/win_utils.py
   '';
 
+  # disable the desktop client for now
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "'jellyfin-mpv-desktop=jellyfin_mpv_shim.mpv_shim:main_desktop'," ""
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     jellyfin-apiclient-python
     mpv
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/iwalton3/jellyfin-mpv-shim";
-    description = "Allows casting of videos to MPV via the jellyfin mobile and web app.";
+    description = "Allows casting of videos to MPV via the jellyfin mobile and web app";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jojosch ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jellyfin-apiclient-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jellyfin-apiclient-python/default.nix
index 15aed1502b1..79a711d07d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jellyfin-apiclient-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jellyfin-apiclient-python/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jellyfin-apiclient-python";
-  version = "1.4.0";
+  version = "1.5.1";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "iwalton3";
     repo = "jellyfin-apiclient-python";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0b4ij19xjwn0wm5076fx8n4phjbsfx84x9qdrwm8c2r3ld8w7hk4";
+    sha256 = "1mzs4i9c4cf7pmymsyzs8x17hvjs8g9wr046l4f85rkzmz23v1rp";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests websocket_client ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mpv-jsonipc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mpv-jsonipc/default.nix
index 9f9818350bf..82ee7e20924 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mpv-jsonipc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mpv-jsonipc/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-mpv-jsonipc";
-  version = "1.1.8";
+  version = "1.1.11";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "iwalton3";
     repo = "python-mpv-jsonipc";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0f4nfzfka5n76n6dxmgcz0rkaws7a3jrgyh00va6lnfi7h6dsmx4";
+    sha256 = "034vc2j54dciiq80k7jn6kx4g7i58sjk0ykma039k5rihj2rblpk";
   };
 
   # 'mpv-jsonipc' does not have any tests