diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index b29f6cc9f41bd2944c19b1543840794390cfa563..4f005f59404b7d129028ff6d016f36c33553556a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ (define-public libvpx
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2017.03.26")
+    (version "2017.04.03")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/"
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "00ysv18p4rqg7sswbpjpmmvaih6nm135bpllqdlj4ns8kjqmh59j"))))
+                "1zfhq20i7xz0djfps39k3yrpdl8ni2yqh43211ma5m40ms78j4yk"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion