1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index 9de0f850d49b..8c08ee65805c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pname = "youtube-dl";
-  version = "2018.10.05";
+  # The websites youtube-dl deals with are a very moving target. That means that
+  # downloads break constantly. Because of that, updates should always be backported
+  # to the latest stable release.
+  version = "2018.10.29";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1iq02kwxdgh07bf0w0fvbsjbdshs4kja35gy8m70ji9cj10l1mbw";
+    sha256 = "1ndkkpnmjdyz5gjjmvaf18761lxa2c0kypicm9bpqpaj7sdr9s27";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];