diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 7ec1537678d599b327f8e5de25f5c769597552b8..063f1dae43073e1836b67e232c6a0bc0122f4803 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ (define-public libvpx
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2014.09.06")
+    (version "2014.11.21.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/"
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1a50vqgzp9wjh2763shald6dlmdd5qlqy83vg4yrihdrlh8sk6dd"))))
+                "0rxpx8j4qhhsws6czlfji1x9igsinkbbwvld10qdylll7g9q1v7j"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (inputs `(("setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
     (home-page "http://youtube-dl.org")