diff --git a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
index 43885331f..383c7e057 100644
--- a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
+import shutil
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
@@ -50,12 +51,13 @@ def get_all_ies():
     PLUGINS_DIRNAME = 'ytdlp_plugins'
     BLOCKED_DIRNAME = f'{PLUGINS_DIRNAME}_blocked'
     if os.path.exists(PLUGINS_DIRNAME):
-        os.rename(PLUGINS_DIRNAME, BLOCKED_DIRNAME)
+        # os.rename cannot be used, e.g. in Docker. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/4958
+        shutil.move(PLUGINS_DIRNAME, BLOCKED_DIRNAME)
     try:
         from yt_dlp.extractor.extractors import _ALL_CLASSES
     finally:
         if os.path.exists(BLOCKED_DIRNAME):
-            os.rename(BLOCKED_DIRNAME, PLUGINS_DIRNAME)
+            shutil.move(BLOCKED_DIRNAME, PLUGINS_DIRNAME)
     return _ALL_CLASSES