diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c20107b..568f357 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e764a1d40d510daf35e07be9eb06e75770908c27d411ee6c92109c9840eaaf7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bitflags"
-version = "1.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.13.1"
@@ -223,15 +217,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding_rs"
-version = "0.8.35"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75030f3c4f45dafd7586dd6780965a8c7e8e285a5ecb86713e63a79c5b2766f3"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.14"
@@ -488,7 +473,7 @@ checksum = "4b45fcc2344c680f5025fe57779faef368840d0bd1f42f216291f0dc4ace4744"
 dependencies = [
  "bit-set",
  "bit-vec",
- "bitflags 2.13.1",
+ "bitflags",
  "num-traits",
  "rand",
  "rand_chacha",
@@ -582,6 +567,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustfft",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-lite"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cab834c73d247e67f4fae452806d17d3c7501756d98c8808d7c9c7aa7d18f973"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.8.11"
@@ -594,7 +585,7 @@ version = "0.32.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7753b721174eb8ff87a9a0e799e2d7bc3749323e773db92e0984debb00019d6e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.13.1",
+ "bitflags",
  "fallible-iterator",
  "fallible-streaming-iterator",
  "hashlink",
@@ -622,7 +613,7 @@ version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6fe4565b9518b83ef4f91bb47ce29620ca828bd32cb7e408f0062e9930ba190"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.13.1",
+ "bitflags",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -673,9 +664,9 @@ checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5773a4c030a19d9bfaa090f49746ff35c75dfddfa700df7a5939d5e076a57039"
+checksum = "a7edef6a96b696d4e0cab5ee9ebb7ca155ed95f30a6b45bbb8b97d2727f02424"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "symphonia-bundle-flac",
@@ -692,101 +683,113 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-bundle-flac"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c91565e180aea25d9b80a910c546802526ffd0072d0b8974e3ebe59b686c9976"
+checksum = "6405d5c34ff6f8f7ca08a4101efe66d21e180f7322ef9359900a0e55698a7892"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
+ "symphonia-common",
  "symphonia-core",
  "symphonia-metadata",
- "symphonia-utils-xiph",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-bundle-mp3"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4872dd6bb56bf5eac799e3e957aa1981086c3e613b27e0ac23b176054f7c57ed"
+checksum = "98ea5ffc8716bff677dfb3b01b420c7b758de901a72b8c330bf2040ab74b4add"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
- "symphonia-metadata",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-codec-aac"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c263845aa86881416849c1729a54c7f55164f8b96111dba59de46849e73a790"
+checksum = "f5bf8e39552d34a3c4c98333370e62f48c92456d2e814f273b5c3ad7c4a5f45c"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "symphonia-common",
  "symphonia-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-codec-alac"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8413fa754942ac16a73634c9dfd1500ed5c61430956b33728567f667fdd393ab"
+checksum = "920a78f96f3cf62932d0c497959c0cc2100ef36b03c7ca1417b260f432a482d8"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
+ "symphonia-common",
  "symphonia-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-codec-pcm"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e89d716c01541ad3ebe7c91ce4c8d38a7cf266a3f7b2f090b108fb0cb031d95"
+checksum = "e04ba75686acbe43542fdd374571195f0530c0b7785ca25cc6840e9c6c4b6eea"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "symphonia-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "symphonia-common"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2acc3fcc18ec9b8cdd48614e259c4cf0d27b71d41e5d9b120b42c5adab12d7c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "symphonia-core",
+ "symphonia-metadata",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-core"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea00cc4f79b7f6bb7ff87eddc065a1066f3a43fe1875979056672c9ef948c2af"
+checksum = "01c412864d599d4750d0c3d684d7e093ec05e5309681ef5252cc1096a437f6e0"
 dependencies = [
- "arrayvec",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bitflags",
  "bytemuck",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "num-complex",
+ "smallvec",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-format-caf"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8faf379316b6b6e6bbc274d00e7a592e0d63ff1a7e182ce8ba25e24edd3d096"
+checksum = "ab64327ee1920531c5bf86cf7e9cd1a599d57013ddc30691da62683cefc65191"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
+ "symphonia-common",
  "symphonia-core",
- "symphonia-metadata",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-format-isomp4"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "243739585d11f81daf8dac8d9f3d18cc7898f6c09a259675fc364b382c30e0a5"
+checksum = "0e681a70e1870d34e02abf1dbc51e4267c3f1827801474e8870be8c689fc4dc3"
 dependencies = [
- "encoding_rs",
  "log",
+ "symphonia-common",
  "symphonia-core",
  "symphonia-metadata",
- "symphonia-utils-xiph",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-format-riff"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c2d7c3df0e7d94efb68401d81906eae73c02b40d5ec1a141962c592d0f11a96f"
+checksum = "1ff70929083a8c1a5f6cd7c904b6071c7914ad04739b510c2f7239dfc9b7dabe"
 dependencies = [
  "extended",
  "log",
@@ -796,26 +799,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "symphonia-metadata"
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "36306ff42b9ffe6e5afc99d49e121e0bd62fe79b9db7b9681d48e29fa19e6b16"
+checksum = "83713a97705d77bdef7cdbc0768fd6e5a54e4cd7e48d60a806ae85639e2c87c6"
 dependencies = [
- "encoding_rs",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "regex-lite",
+ "smallvec",
  "symphonia-core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "symphonia-utils-xiph"
-version = "0.5.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee27c85ab799a338446b68eec77abf42e1a6f1bb490656e121c6e27bfbab9f16"
-dependencies = [
- "symphonia-core",
- "symphonia-metadata",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.119"
diff --git a/crates/wit-audio/Cargo.toml b/crates/wit-audio/Cargo.toml
index e4dadc2..5ca43f1 100644
--- a/crates/wit-audio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wit-audio/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ workspace = true
 # Default features pull in codecs/formats we do not need (mkv, ogg, vorbis,
 # id3 metadata, ...); the issue's scope is wav/aiff/caf/alac/flac/mp4/mp3/aac,
 # so features are hand-picked to match exactly.
-symphonia = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, features = [
+symphonia = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = [
     "aac",
     "alac",
     "caf",