diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index e7929727d1..c54b5ec64c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ (define-public libvpx-1.7
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2020.03.06")
+    (version "2020.03.08")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/"
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "16c10rgkjrjv115w4r7gsr9hcakqq5s2cg250b1hwvxdsxqp8vnv"))))
+                "1xbka14wnalcqkhibfcqw8f5bw1m9b1f44719yifv1jk0614q4bn"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion