diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
index bf7182f..845593a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ jobs:
                 "PySide6.QtCore",
                 "PySide6.QtGui",
                 "PySide6.QtWidgets",
+                "PySide6.QtMultimedia",
                 "requests",
                 "PIL",
                 "packaging",
                 "markdown",
-                "pyglet",
                 "loguru",
                 "setuptools",
             ],
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ jobs:
                 "PySide6.QtXml",
                 "PySide6.QtSql",
                 "PySide6.QtHelp",
-                "PySide6.QtMultimedia",
                 "PySide6.QtQml",
                 "PySide6.QtQuick",
                 "PySide6.QtWebEngineCore",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
index 5531531..9a578c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ jobs:
                 "PySide6.QtCore",
                 "PySide6.QtGui",
                 "PySide6.QtWidgets",
+                "PySide6.QtMultimedia",
                 "requests",
                 "PIL",
                 "packaging",
                 "markdown",
-                "pyglet",
                 "loguru",
                 "setuptools",
             ],
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
                 "PySide6.QtXml",
                 "PySide6.QtSql",
                 "PySide6.QtHelp",
-                "PySide6.QtMultimedia",
                 "PySide6.QtQml",
                 "PySide6.QtQuick",
                 "PySide6.QtWebEngineCore",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
index b64a4b3..e7966da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ jobs:
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtCore",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtGui",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtWidgets",'
+        Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtMultimedia",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "requests",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PIL",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "packaging",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "markdown",'
-        Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "pyglet",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "loguru",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "setuptools",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value "    ],"
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ jobs:
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtXml",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtSql",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtHelp",'
-        Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtMultimedia",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtQml",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtQuick",'
         Add-Content -Path "setup_cxfreeze.py" -Value '        "PySide6.QtWebEngineCore",'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e6aed9d..550f74e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ requests>=2.32.5
 pillow>=12.0.0
 packaging>=25.0
 markdown>=3.10
-pyglet>=2.1.11
 loguru>=0.7.3
 setuptools>=80.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gui/ytsage_gui_main.py b/src/gui/ytsage_gui_main.py
index 82d8d94..be71532 100644
--- a/src/gui/ytsage_gui_main.py
+++ b/src/gui/ytsage_gui_main.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import webbrowser
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import markdown
-import pyglet
 import requests
 from packaging import version
-from PySide6.QtCore import Q_ARG, QMetaObject, Qt, QTimer, Slot, QThread, Signal
+from PySide6.QtCore import Q_ARG, QMetaObject, Qt, QTimer, Slot, QThread, Signal, QUrl
 from PySide6.QtGui import QIcon
+from PySide6.QtMultimedia import QAudioOutput, QMediaPlayer
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
     QApplication,
     QButtonGroup,
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ class YTSageApp(QMainWindow, FormatTableMixin, VideoInfoMixin, AnalysisMixin):
         # Track if video analysis is completed
         self.analysis_completed = False
 
+        # Initialize audio player
+        self.player = QMediaPlayer()
+        self.audio_output = QAudioOutput()
+        self.player.setAudioOutput(self.audio_output)
+
         self.init_ui()
         
         # Defer heavy start-up tasks to ensure UI renders immediately
@@ -208,10 +213,9 @@ class YTSageApp(QMainWindow, FormatTableMixin, VideoInfoMixin, AnalysisMixin):
                 logger.warning(f"Notification sound file not found at: {SOUND_PATH}")
                 return
 
-            # Play the sound using pyglet
-            # no need for the thread, as .play() is async
-            sound = pyglet.media.load(str(SOUND_PATH), streaming=False)
-            sound.play()
+            # Play the sound using QtMultimedia
+            self.player.setSource(QUrl.fromLocalFile(str(SOUND_PATH)))
+            self.player.play()
             logger.debug("Notification sound played")
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(f"Error playing notification sound: {e}")