diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa-ucm-conf/package.mk b/packages/audio/alsa-ucm-conf/package.mk
index 32769b3a7d..fedbb97bd5 100644
--- a/packages/audio/alsa-ucm-conf/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa-ucm-conf/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="alsa-ucm-conf"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.4"
-PKG_SHA256="2c3b535c77dcb9aaf62a61f4f8324f1ab184162f105f7ec9ed1e37c742fcd340"
+PKG_VERSION="1.2.5.1"
+PKG_SHA256="5841a444166dcbf479db751303dbc3556f685085ac7e00f0c9e7755676195d97"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD-3c"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.alsa-project.org/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-ucm-conf-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/share/alsa/
   cp -PR ${PKG_BUILD}/ucm2 ${INSTALL}/usr/share/alsa/
-  safe_remove ${INSTALL}/usr/share/alsa/ucm2/README.md
+  # work around scripts/build removing empty directories, this leads to errors in ucm
+  touch ${INSTALL}/usr/share/alsa/ucm2/conf.virt.d/.dont_remove_this_dir
 }