diff --git a/home-manager/fred.nix b/home-manager/fred.nix
index 7c644f1..df36402 100644
--- a/home-manager/fred.nix
+++ b/home-manager/fred.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,24 @@ in
   # default on Linux, so only the off-by-default visualiser needs setting.
   programs.spotify-player = lib.mkIf isDesktop {
     enable = true;
+    # 26.05 ships 0.23.0, whose Web API token is cached with refresh_token =
+    # null: once it expires (~1h) nothing can renew it and the library just
+    # spins until the app is restarted. 0.24.1 treats a non-renewable cached
+    # token as unusable and re-runs the PKCE flow instead. Drop this override
+    # once the pinned channel reaches 0.24.1.
+    package = pkgs.spotify-player.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+      version = "0.24.1";
+      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "aome510";
+        repo = "spotify-player";
+        tag = "v${version}";
+        hash = "sha256-+GADmRl4XMwV8TfYZjEeyKDDfda3bDPzeerhYryX6vA=";
+      };
+      cargoDeps = pkgs.rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
+        inherit src;
+        hash = "sha256-CSZ5sZ+d7Jhi43ipaWXKupYPFgWCbCx4RMTQN8emu9o=";
+      };
+    });
     settings = {
       enable_audio_visualization = true;
       # Our own Spotify app rather than the built-in default (ncspot's client