diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 4ca0e6bbf095..745044d9d546 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@
 
 - rename package `wtf` to `wtfutil`.
 
+- The udev rules of the libjaylink package require users to be in the `jlink` instead of `plugdev` group now, since the `plugdev` group is very uncommon for NixOS. Alternatively, access is granted to seat sessions.
+
 - `python3Packages.beancount` was updated to 3.1.0. Previous major version remains available as `python3Packages.beancount_2`.
 
 - `binwalk` was updated to 3.1.0, which has been rewritten in rust. The python module is no longer available.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libjaylink/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libjaylink/package.nix
index 0ca4aa2c01ea..83094426194d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libjaylink/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libjaylink/package.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs autogen.sh
+
+    substituteInPlace contrib/60-libjaylink.rules \
+      --replace-fail 'GROUP="plugdev"' 'GROUP="jlink"'
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''