diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 3a7b7dc29d..9836f67386 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ projects while introducing many more.")
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2019.11.05")
+    (version "2019.11.22")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/"
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ projects while introducing many more.")
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "129461i4103slqj3nq69djnlmgjj3lfgmazn41avc5g967w29b85"))))
+                "0avdlp0dc9p3lm68mfnic21x6blxmr0zvlxa4br5vj4y4sckq2m8"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion