diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index a1ead1d609..0d939ab6d3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ (define-public libvpx
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2018.02.22")
+    (version "2018.02.26")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/"
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "112qmwrkd0cpyx2h20k6y07lw7iixvj8yya7r97h3k1y1py9vbz8"))))
+                "0ijjnx8qjxk07v5dbz3n5z3cvz8dlkmh7jkyvgng7inl74c29zq5"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion