diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index 6ea9baf216b..c6da169a583 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 = "2017.01.29";
+  version = "2017.02.01";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0visxc4rb6kw4hjcgcv5llis08z0syhian1m5hr1fdbz4w73hx9l";
+    sha256 = "1jkra0kgqg9ks76hwfcfsdaiknr9w8vavja0rc81ia644085axzz";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper zip ] ++ optional generateManPage pandoc;