diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk
index 9bb6a44516..9a9a4545aa 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="mpd"
-PKG_VERSION="0.23.15"
-PKG_SHA256="550132239ad1acf82ccf8905b56cc13dc2c81a4489b96fba7731b3049907661a"
+PKG_VERSION="0.24.4"
+PKG_SHA256="86035d6c63af32afa77fd5eb5ecd1c6afaef7cc352b28064edf51eea60f40d66"
 PKG_REV="0"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_SITE="https://www.musicpd.org"
 PKG_URL="http://www.musicpd.org/download/mpd/$(get_pkg_version_maj_min)/mpd-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain alsa-lib avahi boost curl faad2 ffmpeg flac glib lame libcdio libfmt \
                     libgcrypt libiconv libid3tag libmad libmpdclient libopenmpt libsamplerate \
-                    libvorbis libnfs libogg mpd-mpc opus pulseaudio samba wavpack yajl"
+                    libvorbis libnfs libogg mpd-mpc opus pulseaudio samba wavpack nlohmann-json"
 PKG_SECTION="service.multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="Music Player Daemon (MPD): a free and open Music Player Server"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Music Player Daemon (${PKG_VERSION}) is a flexible and powerful server-side application for playing music"
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dadplug=disabled \
                        -Dsndfile=enabled \
                        -Dsndio=disabled \
                        -Dsolaris_output=disabled \
-                       -Dsoundcloud=enabled \
                        -Dsoxr=enabled \
                        -Dsqlite=enabled \
                        -Dsyslog=disabled \
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dadplug=disabled \
                        -Dwavpack=enabled \
                        -Dwebdav=enabled \
                        -Dwildmidi=disabled \
-                       -Dyajl=enabled \
+                       -Dnlohmann_json=enabled \
                        -Dzeroconf=avahi \
                        -Dzlib=enabled \
                        -Dzzip=disabled"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mpd/patches/mpd-9999-link-against-static-libopenmpt.patch b/packages/addons/service/mpd/patches/mpd-9999-link-against-static-libopenmpt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04fd0adb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mpd/patches/mpd-9999-link-against-static-libopenmpt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/decoder/plugins/meson.build	2024-12-03 11:56:57.000000000 +0000
++++ b/src/decoder/plugins/meson.build	2024-12-30 14:15:29.590502435 +0000
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
+   ]
+ endif
+ 
+-libopenmpt_dep = dependency('libopenmpt', required: get_option('openmpt'))
++libopenmpt_dep = dependency('libopenmpt', required: get_option('openmpt'), static: true)
+ decoder_features.set('ENABLE_OPENMPT', libopenmpt_dep.found())
+ if libopenmpt_dep.found()
+   decoder_plugins_sources += [