diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.workers_web b/docker/Dockerfile.workers_web
index 056560d36..92aed6fcf 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.workers_web
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.workers_web
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 		ffmpeg \
 		openssh-client \
 		rsync \
-	&& ln -sf "/usr/lib/$(gcc -print-multiarch)/libsndfile.so" /usr/lib/libsndfile.so \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Make some folders to add code and data
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6059fd0ac..d2e87d6fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "psycopg~=3.2.4",
     "pyjwt==2.6.0",
     "pyparsing==2.4.7",
-    "pysndfile==1.5.2",
+    "pysndfile~=1.5.3",
     "pysolr==3.10.0",
     "pytest~=8.0.2",
     "pytest-django~=4.8.0", # community detection in clustering
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index fd5aeba2b..2fbaccfb8 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "psycopg", specifier = "~=3.2.4" },
     { name = "pyjwt", specifier = "==2.6.0" },
     { name = "pyparsing", specifier = "==2.4.7" },
-    { name = "pysndfile", specifier = "==1.5.2" },
+    { name = "pysndfile", specifier = "~=1.5.3" },
     { name = "pysolr", specifier = "==3.10.0" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = "~=8.0.2" },
     { name = "pytest-django", specifier = "~=4.8.0" },
@@ -1458,12 +1458,12 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pysndfile"
-version = "1.5.2"
+version = "1.5.3"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "numpy" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/04/3f/6a76ba4e7f5b8ea7ba480e9c5953c760d609635a32557c902dc050a14de3/pysndfile-1.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f794bb368d521d1e6e4b5ede40a185aaeadbc9768ce5310b2bd3acc4b38b086a", size = 63172, upload-time = "2026-02-13T10:59:09.816Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/da/d7/a7520f9bcc0b8b9d1ab0fadbb2c2d7dc0e1b8f9f079a0628676089329fe1/pysndfile-1.5.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:90745886edcf6ec73e6e34ce1eb7ac7f747d4fd89a8256499ad2c1958aacb26e", size = 63998, upload-time = "2026-03-06T13:53:33.311Z" }
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pysolr"