diff --git a/beetsplug/autobpm.py b/beetsplug/autobpm.py
index aace0c593..fa08a12cb 100644
--- a/beetsplug/autobpm.py
+++ b/beetsplug/autobpm.py
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
 # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
 # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-"""Uses Librosa to calculate the `bpm` field.
-"""
-
+"""Uses Librosa to calculate the `bpm` field."""
 
 from librosa import beat, load
 from soundfile import LibsndfileError
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ class AutoBPMPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
                 )
                 continue
 
-            tempo, _ = beat.beat_track(y=y, sr=sr)
+            (tempo, *_), _ = beat.beat_track(y=y, sr=sr)
             bpm = round(tempo)
             item["bpm"] = bpm
             self._log.info(
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index d9d79f21b..bf880dbda 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Bug fixes:
 * Improved naming of temporary files by separating the random part with the file extension.
 * Fixed the ``auto`` value for the :ref:`reflink` config option.
 * Fixed lyrics plugin only getting part of the lyrics from ``Genius.com`` :bug:`4815`
+* :doc:`plugins/autobpm`: Fix the ``TypeError`` where tempo was being returned
+  as a numpy array. Update ``librosa`` dependency constraint to prevent similar
+  issues in the future.
+  :bug:`5289`
 
 For packagers:
 
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ For packagers:
 * The `typing_extensions` is required for Python 3.10 and below.
 
 Other changes:
+
 * :doc:`contributing`: The project now uses `poetry` for packaging and
   dependency management. This change affects project management and mostly
   affects beets developers. Please see updates in :ref:`getting-the-source` and
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2cfb70041..b8eaaf428 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3188,4 +3188,4 @@ web = ["flask", "flask-cors"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<4"
-content-hash = "f0fd6d00bf9a47f06a49863ba4675d393a4b392feec38dd83c1064c98381eb31"
+content-hash = "863a8a4fb3e20fe6688394c02614f7c296d239e7d7ecfb4af04926a92de7610c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 97b25356d..6e7ed7a90 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dbus-python = { version = "*", optional = true }
 flask = { version = "*", optional = true }
 flask-cors = { version = "*", optional = true }
 langdetect = { version = "*", optional = true }
-librosa = { version = ">=0.10.2.post1", optional = true }
+librosa = { version = "^0.10.2.post1", optional = true }
 mutagen = { version = ">=1.33", optional = true }
 Pillow = { version = "*", optional = true }
 py7zr = { version = "*", optional = true }