diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 220d729d03..24b4a2c22d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ (define-public libvpx-1.7
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2019.03.09")
+    (version "2019.03.18")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/releases/"
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ (define-public youtube-dl
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1g46mrmzr31b2r6x0g6wmg3j00qc8l6cbzmdik0l5vwjfcrdvghf"))))
+                "0r31q7j3gg2zfw3b45jancxl7mmr2gin8dyfx5dgyyp92ss8hih7"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion