For running J!5.1 you must https://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/update-from-github/ or include the new file manually https://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?threads/joomla-5-1-and-fabrik-cannot-find-files-error.54473/post-285151 See also Announcements
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We have resolved the issue with the J! updater and this will be fixed in the next release.
In the end genyded's solution was more or less what I used to achieve this.