diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 33ba9ffb90ad36604eacf59dba6da21254dca7b1..8609a0486273ae77f05cced5fb000a6b3fb6c2b6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ (define-public libvpx
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2017.04.28")
+    (version "2017.05.01")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/"
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0d3mgf8qxb07b7bjf79ppaxhcl4f47q0zjpshp6y2q0lalfskh3j"))))
+                "0lrflg4h1jiw77jcg2h83kn90ngi5fkqz5wq9amsjvx66hb1bqjq"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion