diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 8cd7c149e0..b98173d74f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ (define-public libvpx
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2017.12.23")
+    (version "2017.12.28")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/"
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12m1bjdqm9bsc1f5psnzc203avzwr070xpdr6fqr728am536q845"))))
+                "1qj81b41dzcb0221q7aczskj9cb99z3s24kh84sbmsqvj8s14dkf"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion