diff --git a/nixos/tests/snapcast.nix b/nixos/tests/snapcast.nix
index ef35d586c9c8..8d960b4cc069 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/snapcast.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/snapcast.nix
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ in {
         )
 
     with subtest("test a connection"):
-        client.execute("systemd-run snapclient -h server -p ${toString port}")
+        client.execute("systemd-run --unit=snapcast-client snapclient -h server -p ${toString port}")
         server.wait_until_succeeds(
             "journalctl -o cat -u snapserver.service | grep -q 'Hello from'"
         )
-        client.wait_until_succeeds("journalctl -o cat -u run-\* | grep -q ${toString bufferSize}")
+        client.wait_until_succeeds("journalctl -o cat -u snapcast-client | grep -q 'buffer: ${toString bufferSize}'")
   '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snapcast/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/snapcast/default.nix
index 18d073caba71..9351d1b0db76 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/snapcast/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/snapcast/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config
-, alsaLib, asio, avahi, boost170, flac, libogg, libvorbis, soxr
+, alsaLib, asio, avahi, boost17x, flac, libogg, libvorbis, soxr
 , nixosTests }:
 
 let
@@ -34,19 +34,20 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "snapcast";
-  version = "0.24.0";
+  version = "0.25.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "badaix";
     repo   = "snapcast";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "13yz8alplnqwkcns3mcli01qbyy6l3h62xx0v71ygcrz371l4g9g";
+    sha256 = "064pcpr5dsv9hncqkrnxriva4xjv1vcxhvc69h1an8x8vn4dwgmf";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config boost170.dev ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
   # snapcast also supports building against tremor but as we have libogg, that's
   # not needed
   buildInputs = [
+    boost17x
     alsaLib asio avahi flac libogg libvorbis
     aixlog popl soxr
   ];