diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
index 918a45ac3f7d..a5e59c4ab42f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m
   release notes of [v19](https://github.com/systemd/mkosi/releases/tag/v19) and
   [v20](https://github.com/systemd/mkosi/releases/tag/v20) for a list of changes.
 
+- `gonic` has been updated to v0.16.4. Config now requires `playlists-path` to be set. See the rest of the [v0.16.0 release notes](https://github.com/sentriz/gonic/releases/tag/v0.16.0) for more details.
+
 - The `services.vikunja` systemd service now uses `vikunja` as dynamic user instead of `vikunja-api`. Database users might need to be changed.
 
 - The `services.vikunja.setupNginx` setting has been removed. Users now need to setup the webserver configuration on their own with a proxy pass to the vikunja service.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/gonic.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/gonic.nix
index 3dfa24b7fc68..15a35571acba 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/gonic.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/gonic.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ in
         RuntimeDirectory = "gonic";
         RootDirectory = "/run/gonic";
         ReadWritePaths = "";
+        BindPaths = [
+          cfg.settings.playlists-path
+        ];
         BindReadOnlyPaths = [
           # gonic can access scrobbling services
           "-/etc/resolv.conf"
diff --git a/nixos/tests/gonic.nix b/nixos/tests/gonic.nix
index 726d7da0970f..adf0f511a9cf 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/gonic.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/gonic.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
   name = "gonic";
 
   nodes.machine = { ... }: {
+    systemd.tmpfiles.settings = {
+      "10-gonic" = {
+        "/tmp/music"."d" = {};
+        "/tmp/podcast"."d" = {};
+        "/tmp/playlists"."d" = {};
+      };
+    };
     services.gonic = {
       enable = true;
       settings = {
-        music-path = [ "/tmp" ];
-        podcast-path = "/tmp";
+        music-path = [ "/tmp/music" ];
+        podcast-path = "/tmp/podcast";
+        playlists-path = "/tmp/playlists";
       };
     };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix
index ee5bfef3b9af..f3c83a164bce 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "gonic";
-  version = "0.15.2";
+  version = "0.16.4";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "sentriz";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-lyKKD6Rxr4psFUxqGTtqQ3M/vQXoNPbcg0cTam9MkXk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+8rKODoADU2k1quKvbijjs/6S/hpkegHhG7Si0LSE0k=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ taglib zlib ];
-  vendorHash = "sha256-+PUKPqW+ER7mmZXrDIc0cE4opoTxA3po3WXSeZO+Xwo=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-6JkaiaAgtXYAZqVSRZJFObZvhEsHsbPaO9pwmKqIhYI=";
 
   # TODO(Profpatsch): write a test for transcoding support,
   # since it is prone to break
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
       --replace \
         '"mpv"' \
         '"${lib.getBin mpv}/bin/mpv"'
+  '' + ''
+    substituteInPlace server/ctrlsubsonic/testdata/test* \
+      --replace \
+        '"audio/flac"' \
+        '"audio/x-flac"'
   '';
 
   passthru = {
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sentriz/gonic";
     description = "Music streaming server / subsonic server API implementation";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ autrimpo ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "gonic";
   };