diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 2412eef..c8420bc 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -2740,9 +2740,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lofty"
-version = "0.22.4"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca260c51a9c71f823fbfd2e6fbc8eb2ee09834b98c00763d877ca8bfa85cde3e"
+checksum = "dec4feeff6c7d75093278133a06e827d7af6d2bfe20b0f331f9d10338a5ec7ca"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "data-encoding",
@@ -2755,9 +2755,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lofty_attr"
-version = "0.11.1"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed9983e64b2358522f745c1251924e3ab7252d55637e80f6a0a3de642d6a9efc"
+checksum = "458ace39169e4b83c4f77ae3d42d5d1d11c422feef590219a97c973d3b524557"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 20f5f2f..508db8c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 
 # Library scanning
 walkdir = "2"
-lofty = "0.22"
+lofty = "0.24"
 blake3 = "1"
 
 # Audio playback: symphonia decodes, cpal outputs, rubato resamples,
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/lyrics.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/lyrics.rs
index 2a658b0..0f6b7cd 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/lyrics.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/lyrics.rs
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ fn read_embedded_lyrics(path: &Path) -> Option<String> {
     let tag = tagged.primary_tag().or_else(|| tagged.first_tag())?;
     // ItemKey::Lyrics maps to the right key for every supported format.
     let raw = tag
-        .get_string(&ItemKey::Lyrics)
+        .get_string(ItemKey::Lyrics)
         .map(|s| s.to_string())
         .or_else(|| {
             // Some MP3s store lyrics under a non-standard key — fall
             // back to the generic `lyrics()` accessor when present.
             #[allow(deprecated)]
-            tag.get_string(&ItemKey::Description)
+            tag.get_string(ItemKey::Description)
                 .filter(|s| s.lines().count() > 3)
                 .map(|s| s.to_string())
         })?;
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/scan.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/scan.rs
index f5258bd..5218603 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/scan.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/scan.rs
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ fn extract_cover(tag: &Tag, artwork_dir: &Path) -> Option<ExtractedCover> {
 /// `RATING` as plain text 0-100 which we rescale to 0-255.
 fn extract_rating(tag: &Tag) -> Option<u8> {
     if matches!(tag.tag_type(), TagType::Id3v2) {
-        if let Some(bytes) = tag.get_binary(&ItemKey::Popularimeter, false) {
+        if let Some(bytes) = tag.get_binary(ItemKey::Popularimeter, false) {
             let nul_pos = bytes.iter().position(|b| *b == 0)?;
             return bytes.get(nul_pos + 1).copied();
         }
     }
-    if let Some(text) = tag.get_string(&ItemKey::Popularimeter) {
+    if let Some(text) = tag.get_string(ItemKey::Popularimeter) {
         let trimmed = text.trim();
         if let Ok(val) = trimmed.parse::<u16>() {
             let clamped = val.min(100);
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ fn extract_rating(tag: &Tag) -> Option<u8> {
 /// coalesced to `None` so the UI's "—" placeholder kicks in
 /// instead of a blank cell.
 fn extract_musical_key(tag: &Tag) -> Option<String> {
-    let raw = tag.get_string(&ItemKey::InitialKey)?;
+    let raw = tag.get_string(ItemKey::InitialKey)?;
     let trimmed = raw.trim();
     if trimmed.is_empty() {
         None
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ fn extract_file(path: &Path, artwork_dir: &Path) -> Result<ExtractedFile, String
             tag.artist().map(|s| s.into_owned()),
             tag.album().map(|s| s.into_owned()),
             tag.genre().map(|s| s.into_owned()),
-            tag.year().map(|y| y as i64),
+            tag.date().map(|d| d.year as i64),
             tag.track().map(|n| n as i64),
             tag.disk().map(|n| n as i64),
             extract_cover(tag, artwork_dir),