diff --git a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
index 41110c711db..2608895d552 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'youtube-dl'
 pkgname=youtube-dl
-version=2014.12.16
+version=2015.01.05
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname}"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/"
 license="Public Domain"
 distfiles="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0762519ca3d2eb92d8c3ff76c1b7b1c009173c63e39aac73dc302eb565fe2c8f
+checksum=c06bcdaf6dfb074b06144c3b4afb81c3db95a3be442405b616e828c249a48c83
 
 do_install() {
 	vbin ${pkgname}