diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index ef2164b5a142..f9590b3f0442 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 = "2017.01.14";
+  version = "2017.01.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "76c8bd77db6c820bfa72f1e2a873101ca736fd1d9954ccebf349fa7caef99cca";
+    sha256 = "7c16f3ce7cf8a673a4c531e4a1fc10801467a61732cb65430e40b3ab8b2f2d2e";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper zip ] ++ optional generateManPage pandoc;