diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index 14ab4fb3b72..ce9c13ef39c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, zip, pandoc }:
 
 let
-  version = "2014.12.17.2";
+  version = "2015.01.16";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "youtube-dl-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1yk8dw0p4nh68p4rcncwl95gcjwn147wyp2anfhn0gr8b95wcb1h";
+    sha256 = "0gk778gd1yjwjanjnzk9pvi4ja404wrdrkyq8ys5xfap6gmfwkhr";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python ];