diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index 13d5dec91ce..fa4b7db5756 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   name = "youtube-dl-${version}";
-  version = "2017.11.06";
+  version = "2017.12.02";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1djq3sf16il6y7n175gv7xwdz2s9lvsvzs38k95cj579l4k0433d";
+    sha256 = "1qf5gz00cnxzab3cwh9kxzhs08mddm0nwvb7j5z5xxzhi6wkslha";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];