diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 28ef48844c..c2b7a68e93 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ (define-public libvpx
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2017.12.14")
+    (version "2017.12.23")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/"
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "01hvsch7ybff0amivl86m6klz156bm3hfh66zz5q8ha2af5j44hj"))))
+                "12m1bjdqm9bsc1f5psnzc203avzwr070xpdr6fqr728am536q845"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion